NecessaryCelery2
NecessaryCelery2 t1_jd6wwa6 wrote
Reply to If you knew for certain the technological singularity will occur at the end of 2025, what would you do? by awcomix
I'm pretty sure it has started.
And I have no idea what to do. Economic and political chaos, not sure if when I can retire. Going through the motions at work. And I can not predict anything about the future.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_jbd90u2 wrote
Reply to Is nuclear war more likely after Russia’s suspension of the New START treaty? The nation has spurned a major arms-control agreement, pushing nuclear powers toward a worrying lack of regulation, says non-proliferation researcher. by filosoful
We are closer to nuclear war today than we have been since the Cuban crisis.
There's the obvious danger, and there's also accidental danger. When nuclear nations are on the edge already, accidents are more likely. Like in the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov#:~:text=Vasily%20Aleksandrovich%20Arkhipov%20(Russian%3A%20%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9,during%20the%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov#Incident
Next false alarm the person who could save the world might not refuse orders.
I worry the more we roll the dice the more likely we'll get snake eyes.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_j94iurq wrote
Reply to comment by LoveMy7inch in When was the last time you saw fireflies near Boston? by jcbouche
I remember bug splattered wind shields. Every night every street light surrounded by a cloud of bugs. Countless fireflies.
And I doubt we'll ever return to that world.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_j8fkyai wrote
It's already spent a decade in beta, the DARPA self driving car challenge was completed in 2005.
How long it's taking to get out of beta makes me suspect there is a fundamental problem, possibly a fundamental design decision, that's the the problem. Possibly trying to use machine learning.
It would be ironic, if better and better AI helps them code self driving software which while being written by AI, does not use AI algorithms.
My point is any time a tech is 99% done, but then takes longer and longer, and longer to reach 100%, it's most likely a fundamental design problem. And the solution is to drop most of the design and do something radically different.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_j1kcokm wrote
Reply to Boston is such a lonely place. by [deleted]
True, in many other places making friends is easier.
But also, pardon me, I have to tell you, there is no other option than try harder to make friends.
Go out even if the weather is not good. Dress better, find happy people.
Find people, be friendly, be the one to lead the path to friendship.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_j0fjxc1 wrote
Reply to comment by IDCFFSGTFO in Wild surprise in Mattapan by RogueInteger
Lack of natural predators.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_izml9ow wrote
I agree. I am a middle aged software engineer, for all my life I used to be able to predict most of the future. I don't mean lottery numbers, but generic politics and technology progress. That is until the last 4 or 5 years. Now I have no idea what the future 10 or 20 years from now looks like. None.
We are living in the singularity in my opinion.
NecessaryCelery2 t1_je3ctce wrote
Reply to Phage therapy in aging by TheRappingSquid
I am not sure, I think several gene therapies in the work and it's worth looking how they target cells. I know the Covid vaccines too were supposed to target some and not other cells.