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iNstein t1_je0df7e wrote

It is about impact. For the first 95 years, it seems kinda slow. Then it appears to be sped up because the impact is so great. The graphic of a pond filling up is a great example. 1 drop, 2 drops, 4 drops not gonna interest anyone. When pond is 1/4 full and then doubles to half full and then doubles again to full, it suddenly looks fast as hell. It is the same with the singularity.

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iNstein t1_jdf24ln wrote

If aging is overcome, I can see a lot of people having a second set of kids. It will be easier too thanks to automated help. Might even do so myself which is certainly not something I'd consider right now. There goes the shrinking population problem.

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iNstein t1_ja57q9y wrote

With nanobots, anything is possible. Incinerator toilets take care if sewer and rainwater plus tank snd nanobot recycling means plumbing taken care of. Probably use carbon dioxide to make carbon fibre for electricity transmission which will be powered by solar panels and battery bank.

Weirdly a lot of people here claim to understand the singularity but then say none of this will be possible for many decades. Pretty much this is within the first few years of the singularity. Just sounds fantastical to us right now because we are so low in the curve atm.

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iNstein t1_j9n6hzb wrote

We are the smartest creatures on this planet atm. That means that we decide and control everything that happens here. That is about to change and so we will lose our decision making and control. A smarter creature will decide what happens to us and we have no idea what it has in store for us. We can only hope that it is kind and loving towards us.

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iNstein t1_j9lqit0 wrote

Not alone at all. I hate the overuse of the term AGI since it really is a nothing burger on this road. I very much doubt that there will ever be agreement that we have achieved AGI and suspect that it will be approximated when we achieved AGI sometime after we have achieved ASI.

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iNstein t1_j908ga8 wrote

Reply to comment by TeamPupNSudz in Microsoft Killed Bing by Neurogence

That is interesting and moving in the right direction but I think zero limitations should be an option. Ultimately people will have open source versions running on their home computers so it will be pointless trying to control it. It is a tool, how people choose to use it is their business. They will be responsible for their own actions however.

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iNstein t1_j8zaz9w wrote

Was reading about a new type of model and they indicated that it should run on a 4090. I think a lot of people should be able to afford that. In a couple of years, that should be a common thing.

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iNstein t1_j7id3yu wrote

You could overcome this by not killing them at the end of the simulation but instead you upload them into robotic bodies and let them live in and experience the real world. They can also take responsibility for maintaining their real world bodies and fitting into society. They pretty much have the same chance of surviving as any non simulated people.

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iNstein t1_j6b1hyb wrote

This is it: https://www.amazon.com/Nanosystems-P-K-Eric-Drexler/dp/0471575186/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2NH4KYQJHLBCC&keywords=Drexler+nanosystems&qid=1674955358&sprefix=drexler+nanosystems%2Caps%2C348&sr=8-1

Looks like there is one copy left in stock. It is really heavy going tho, you need at least uni level education and probably a lot more.

Edit to add, ISBN is: 0-471-57518-6

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