JournaIist

JournaIist t1_j22glda wrote

Reply to comment by CollegeMiddle6841 in What do you imagine the world will look like in 2050? by psychosil444

I know little about AI but even if we created AI that's only on par with humans on an intelligence level, I'm sure it'd blow us out of the water.

It wouldn't need 30+ years of development and education to be useful, just weeks or months before it's fully up to speed. Then, once it is up to speed, it can work 24/7, unlike humans, and can incorporate new information much faster than any human ever could and process things much faster.

Add in the things that computers are already far superior at, like data analysis, and I'm sure a human intelligence level ai could outperform a whole team of scientists.

I find it kind of terrifying, not because of the whole sentient ai kill all humans thing that usually comes up in science fiction but because I think it will be used for ill by some for sure, plus we might well be the equivalent of horses in the 20th century.

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JournaIist t1_j1l8zv0 wrote

Reply to comment by Annual_Version_6250 in LPT: If you are hurting this year for money and you don't have a lot for your kids for Christmas/holidays, hide what the gifts you have, make a treasure hunt with clues and riddles, and stretch it out to give them a great experience. by pinheadbrigade

We've bought an "end of the roll" roll of newspaper from our local newspaper (the roll is too small to use for another issue but has plenty left on there) for like 30-50 bucks. It's a couple of feet wide and is thin white/gray paper. We often unroll a stretch on the floor and let the kids paint on it. At Christmas time, we then use that for wrapping (for anything not from Santa), especially for gifts going to grandparents etc. We've had that roll for years, gets used year-round and it feels like we've barely made a dent. Just if you want something other than tissue paper.

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JournaIist t1_ivgjmj6 wrote

Reply to comment by MikeofLA in Humanoid robots could generate $154 billion in revenue over next 15 years, Goldman Sachs reports by Gari_305

Nah, computers learned pretty quickly how to consistently beat humans in a game such as Dota 2, which is more akin to the type of "creativity" you're talking about than say chess. If they can do that, it wouldn't take them long to figure out how to do it in the real world if given a clear objective. Particularly, since they could run thousands of simulations a day just to "learn."

Sure when playing against humans the AI was got once or twice but it wasn't long before it was basically unbeatable.

Also, humans may be "immune" to EMPs but there's a lot of stuff we need that computers don't (i.e. drinkable water and oxygen) and a lot of stuff that we're vulnerable to that computers aren't (poisons, gasses, etc).

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