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Post by Reefs on Oct 7, 2024 9:38:49 GMT -5
Sadly, these days, when people with lots of money say something, they almost always mean the opposite. 
Latest from Zuck: "Now your Ray-Ban Meta glasses can help you remember things, like where you parked."
Latest from the news: "Harvard students adapt Meta smart glasses to reveal people's personal data"
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Post by andrew on Oct 7, 2024 14:23:33 GMT -5
Sadly, these days, when people with lots of money say something, they almost always mean the opposite. Latest from Zuck: "Now your Ray-Ban Meta glasses can help you remember things, like where you parked." Latest from the news: "Harvard students adapt Meta smart glasses to reveal people's personal data"
A minority of folks are just too enamoured with technology. Like...when I was a kid and wanted to upgrade my computer...yeah, I wanted better games, but I was also drawn into the sense of 'technological progress'. Almost as if we believe our sense of self/identity improves with improvements in technology. I don't believe it will take off, people are wising up that it's fools gold. |
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Post by Reefs on Oct 9, 2024 5:58:32 GMT -5
Latest from Zuck: "Now your Ray-Ban Meta glasses can help you remember things, like where you parked." Latest from the news: "Harvard students adapt Meta smart glasses to reveal people's personal data"
A minority of folks are just too enamoured with technology. Like...when I was a kid and wanted to upgrade my computer...yeah, I wanted better games, but I was also drawn into the sense of 'technological progress'. Almost as if we believe our sense of self/identity improves with improvements in technology. I don't believe it will take off, people are wising up that it's fools gold. I would argue that with every new piece of technology that mimics our own innate abilities, we lose those abilities to technology. I noticed that with google maps, people are more disoriented than before google maps. And as for future predictions in general, if you look back, predictions have been overoptimistic in general. In the 1950s they imagined we would all have flying cars by now and go vacationing on Mars or at least the Moon. Here's an interesting video on that topic: So in terms of AI, I'd say short term predictions may prove rather accurate, but long term predictions, nobody knows, not even the people working at the latest AI stuff. As they say, predictions are difficult, especially about the future. 
Also, the other part of what's coming an that almost no one has on their radar and that gets a bit drowned out by the current AI hype is nanotech, especially combining AI and nanotech. There are some amazing potentials (both for good and bad, of course).
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Post by andrew on Oct 9, 2024 7:34:39 GMT -5
A minority of folks are just too enamoured with technology. Like...when I was a kid and wanted to upgrade my computer...yeah, I wanted better games, but I was also drawn into the sense of 'technological progress'. Almost as if we believe our sense of self/identity improves with improvements in technology. I don't believe it will take off, people are wising up that it's fools gold. I would argue that with every new piece of technology that mimics our own innate abilities, we lose those abilities to technology. I noticed that with google maps, people are more disoriented than before google maps. And as for future predictions in general, if you look back, predictions have been overoptimistic in general. In the 1950s they imagined we would all have flying cars by now and go vacationing on Mars or at least the Moon. Here's an interesting video on that topic: So in terms of AI, I'd say short term predictions may prove rather accurate, but long term predictions, nobody knows, not even the people working at the latest AI stuff. As they say, predictions are difficult, especially about the future. Also, the other part of what's coming an that almost no one has on their radar and that gets a bit drowned out by the current AI hype is nanotech, especially combining AI and nanotech. There are some amazing potentials (both for good and bad, of course).
Yes long term predictions do seem wildly off at times....in the 1980s, flying cars in the 21st century seemed very plausible! (Back To The Future 2). And yeah that's true about maps. I notice too that I can't hold directional instructions in my head easily any more...if someone tells me where something else, I can hear and remember the first 2 instructions and then after that the words go in one ear and out the other. I'll watch the video later cheers. |
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Post by laughter on Oct 9, 2024 17:09:16 GMT -5
Sadly, these days, when people with lots of money say something, they almost always mean the opposite. Latest from Zuck: "Now your Ray-Ban Meta glasses can help you remember things, like where you parked." Latest from the news: "Harvard students adapt Meta smart glasses to reveal people's personal data"
First one is pretty cool, 2nd one is creepy as all hell. In HBO's Westworld they portrayed the dilemma based on the idea that there eventually were strict privacy laws.  |
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