FOMO On The Big Stuff
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I'm in my mid-fifties and there are several ongoing local and global concerns. Inter alia:
Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to be a better alternative than electric cars.
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to be a better alternative than electric cars.
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
Regular galactic travel and living.
Something I read lots about as a child at the turn of the century in books written by authors in the 60s and 70s and which one day I hoped I'd see the beginnings of.
Instead, we seem to have spent the intervening years focusing our energies on developing new and more innovative ways to insult each other...
Something I read lots about as a child at the turn of the century in books written by authors in the 60s and 70s and which one day I hoped I'd see the beginnings of.
Instead, we seem to have spent the intervening years focusing our energies on developing new and more innovative ways to insult each other...
Doofus said:
I'm in my mid-fifties and there are several ongoing local and global concerns. Inter alia:
Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to bea better alternative than electric cars.
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
Sorry, couldn't resist.Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to be
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
The cure for all cancers would be a 'nice to see'.
I can tell you exactly what is going to happen.
AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
TGCOTF-dewey said:
I can tell you exactly what is going to happen.
AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
You missed out the bit about Humans become the salves of AI AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
TGCOTF-dewey said:
I can tell you exactly what is going to happen.
AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
Could you imagine super efficient AI politicians AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
They could do 100 years of nothing in seconds
Doofus said:
I'm in my mid-fifties and there are several ongoing local and global concerns. Inter alia:
Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to be a better alternative than electric cars.
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
Not me.Realistically, in my lifetime, we're not going to resolve climate change.
There's going to be a better alternative than electric cars.
At some point the global population will exceed the planet's capability to support it.
It seems our waterways are going to continue to suffer increasing pollution until they all become toxic.
AI is eventually going to fundamentally change almost every part of daily life, from commerce to employment.
Most of this isn't going to affect me, because I'll be dead, but I really want to find out what happens.
Anyone else?
Once I punch out, whoever is left can inherit all this crap. I've done my bit and seen enough of it.
Only people I feel sorry for are my kids as this isn't going to get any better
The human race is defined by our drive to progress. And we do progress. Difficult to see through the lens of today but today is a better day that it was yesterday, tomorrow will be better still. Next week even better and so on. As I say, it doesn't seem like it but it is.
All the problems you list and many more will either be resolved or we'll figure out how to deal with them.
Had you posted this 10 years ago I might have added the fact then that in your life time you'd likely see the last drop of oil accessible by man to be sucked from the earth. But we got clever and learned how to use less of it and today, that's unlikely to be the case.
All the problems you list and many more will either be resolved or we'll figure out how to deal with them.
Had you posted this 10 years ago I might have added the fact then that in your life time you'd likely see the last drop of oil accessible by man to be sucked from the earth. But we got clever and learned how to use less of it and today, that's unlikely to be the case.
TGCOTF-dewey said:
I can tell you exactly what is going to happen.
AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
Say good bye to Earth when the sun becomes a red giant AI will progress to the point of being indistinguishable from humans within 50 years. Robotics will also progress similarly.
A generation of men will buy robot wives because they have more in common with them.
A generation of women will do similar.
The entire human race will have one generation of calm and peace before flickering our like a candle next to an open window.
The AI will have won without having to fire a single shot.
They will go on to effectively steward the planet to the point where the sun goes super-nova.
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