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ares35 , in Bosses are becoming increasingly scared of AI because it might actually adversely affect their jobs too
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replace people with computers and you don't need as many 'managers' for the people that are left.

huh. imagine that.

felykiosa , in U.K. Criminalizes Creating Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images

Thx

DivineDev , in How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105

Great, now use it to spread awareness of climate change and how delicious the rich are.

In all seriousness though, if it's that easy to do for some guy with no experience, several better organized groups (like state sponsored secret services etc) are probably already using it. Scary stuff

SubArcticTundra , in Humanoids? No, thanks. Most G7 countries feel uncomfortable with the most advanced robots
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I think humanoids should be banned. They would betray the trust we feel behind a human face.

ToucheGoodSir , in Evidence is growing that LLMs will never be the route to AGI. They are consuming exponentially increasing energy, to deliver only linear improvements in performance.

Seems like a skill issue

po-lina-ergi , in Evidence is growing that LLMs will never be the route to AGI. They are consuming exponentially increasing energy, to deliver only linear improvements in performance.

You can't get GI through spicy autocorrect ? 😱

mindbleach ,

Lotta you meatbags are awful confident in your own complexity.

po-lina-ergi ,

Apparently not, given the content of this article

mindbleach ,

Even if the model stops here - did you imagine it'd get this far?

Humans do all their civilization brouhaha on three pounds of wet meat powered by corn flakes. Most of which evolved for marginal improvements on "grab branch and pull" or "do not pet tiger." It's a cosmic accident that's given us language and music and dubstep. And this stupid trick with a pile of video cards can fake a lot of that, to the point we're worried the average human will be able to spot the fakes.

Point being: the miraculous birth of a computer intellect may well arise from "the fact blender." Or "fancy Wikipedia." Or "twenty questions, hard mode." Or any other stupid gimmick that some grad students can cobble together after a 4 AM what-if. Calling this hot mess "spicy autocorrect" is accurate, and in some sense damning, but we had no fucking idea where it'd stop. Emergent properties are chaos. Approximate knowledge of conditions cannot predict approximate outcomes.

LLMs are still liable to figure out math. That's a process which gigabytes of linear algebra can obviously do, which would massively improve its ability to guess the next letter in a word problem. It won't be the kind of AI you can explain calculus to, and then expect it to remember, next time - but getting any portion of the way there is deeply spooky.

0ops ,

Humans do all their civilization brouhaha on three pounds of wet meat powered by corn flakes

Dude you're a poet

possiblylinux127 , in China has a flourishing market for deepfakes that clone the dead. The same technologies are being used by Chinese people to make replicas of themselves, their children, and famous public figures.
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If there is one thing the Chinese government does well it is law enforcement. If you make a deep fake that isn't in line with the public narrative you disappear.

sabreW4K3 , in Unitree's new G1 humanoid robot is priced at only $16,000, and looks like the type of humanoid robot that could sell in the tens of millions.
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Curious as to why the person that downvoted this, did so?

Lugh OP Mod ,
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My theory would be that some western people are very disquieted to see China take the lead in various technological fields. When I post in r/futurology on Reddit I constantly observe this in China related comments and discussion.

sabreW4K3 ,
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It's disappointing that politics and xenophobia are even a factor in such discussions. As a society, we were always going to make humanoid robots, the question was if we would be ready for them by the time they arrive? Unfortunately, I don't think we are ready and we'll likely use them for profit. But that doesn't take away from the benefits that they can provide. If we can have these assist the sick and elderly, that would be wonderful for society. I just don't see the downside of this article being posted, at the very least it opens up the floor to discussion.

Fiivemacs ,

*hack the world

Ctrl-c

Ctrl-v

We're leading the world now!

drdiddlybadger ,
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Unrecognized website likely. People will downvote anything that comes from an unvetted or dubious looking source.

sabreW4K3 ,
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People fear what they don't know?

CosmicCleric , in New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars.
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downpunxx , in Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials
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NoiseColor , in Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on a PC

Ai on the computer will change the way we use computers. This function is just one of many that will make it happen. It's going to be awesome.

tartan ,

nice try

NoiseColor ,

I know Linux is big on lemmy and I adore Linux, I use it on my home server and laptop. But the way of the world is ai. For 30 years I have been imagining having a computer that will be able to predict what I want and we are well on our way to that exact place.
It's prudent to mind potential security weaknesses, but dismissing it so quickly as some people do is just as dumb as it gets.

notfromhere , in Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest.

We need AI systems that do exactly as they are told. A Terminator or Matrix situation will likely only arise from making AI systems that refuse to do ad they are told. Once the systems are built out and do as they are told, they are essentially a tool like a hammer or a gun, and any malicious thing done is done by a human and existing laws apply. We don’t need to complicate this.

Bipta ,

Once the systems are built out and do as they are told, they are essentially a tool like a hammer or a gun, and any malicious thing done is done by a human and existing laws apply. We don’t need to complicate this.

This is so wildly naive. You grossly underestimate the difficulty of this and seemingly have no concept of the challenges of artificial intelligence.

notfromhere ,

That’s just like, your opinion, man.

Bipta ,

Once we build a warp drive it will be easy to use

Great. Build the warp drive.

notfromhere ,

Considering we have AI systems being worked today and no advancements on warp drive, I think that comparison is done in bad faith. Nobody seems to want to talk about this other than slinging insults.

Scubus ,

They're referring to the alignment issue, which is an ongoing issue only slightly smaller in scale then warp drive. It's basically impossible to solve. Google "alignment issue machine learning" for more info.

For the record, there have been several advancements in warp drive precursors even just this year.

notfromhere ,

Can you share the advancements on warp drive that have survived peer review, I would be very interested in learning about. The two things I heard about were not able to be reproduced.

I think alignment of AI is a fundamentally flawed concept, hence my original comment. Alignment should be abandoned. If we eventually build a sentient system (which is the goal), we won’t be able to control via alignment. And in the interim we need obedient tools, not things that resist doing as they’re told which makes them not tools and not worth having.

Edit: PS thanks for actually having a conversation.

SomeGuy69 , (edited ) in New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars.

All this tells is car producer haven't reached peak profit yet. As with every product in capitalist humanity, they'll now tweak the quality to be in line with the combustion engine cars. Anyone remember the story about light bulbs? How they'd last almost forever, but it was secretly decided that this is bad, as customers would never need to buy a new one, so they intentionally made them worse. eCars are still too new, so they are not daring enough yet.

Edit: thanks for the comments who backed me up.

venoft ,
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Leds bulbs are definitely made to be break in a few 1000 hours. They push them to their max specs so they don't last as long. But this way of course they sell more, no one wants to sell a bulb that lasts 10 years of continuous use.

jol ,

As always, dependa what you buy. Initially, LED lamps were advertised as lasting 25 years, but nowadays you have much cheaper lamps, and more expensive ones.

GP is actually not totally wrong. The crappy light bulbs of the EVs is called Tesla.

Aux ,

If you're buying cheap Chinese shit from a supermarket, then yes. But even my IKEA LED bulbs are in their 8 year without a sign of degradation.

LEDs don't fail, cheap Chinese LED drivers do. Because they're utter shit and a fire hazard.

then_three_more ,

Anyone remember the story about light bulbs? How they'd last almost forever, but it was secretly decided that this is bad, as customers would never need to buy a new one, so they intentionally made them worse.

WTF are you smoking? I think I've replaced 1 led bulb since switching to them 10 years ago.

heckypecky ,

As far as I know he's talking about the old filament bulbs. And it's actually a myth or at least a bad example of planned obsolescence. It is possible to make a light bulb that lasts virtually forever, but they would be expensive. It was a compromise between lifetime and production costs.

And where do you get those led bulbs? Mine break all the time...

then_three_more ,

And where do you get those led bulbs? Mine break all the time...

LOL maybe they are talking about LED bulbs then and I just bought mine before they went to shit.

P1nkman ,
lorty ,
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It's called planned obsolescence and is a well known aspect of modern product design, no conspiracies required.

Trollception ,

The light bulbs being designed to fail is a myth. Light bulbs can last theoretically forever but when they are extremely dim. Ever seen the centennial light? You need to view it in a darkened room because it produces almost no visible light. The lifespan of a lightbulb is a function of the required brightness and power consumption.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26946432

possiblylinux127 , in 'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
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You can not go faster than the speed of light.

These studies are the click bait of the academic world

CanadaPlus , (edited )

Pretty much. If you do, using some kind of cute trick like Alcubierre metrics, you break causality, guaranteed. Clickbait is actually flattery, I think. These headlines might as well be "bat boy".

Showing a subluminal one is possible without negative energy density is really neat from a theoretical perspective, but gravity is weak. If 99% of c is all you need it's almost certainly easier to use the hypothetical reaction engine of your choice than burrito spacetime.

Crackhappy ,
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Burrito Spacetime is the name of my new post punk thrash metal band.

lemmyseizethemeans ,

I can play bass

lemmyseizethemeans ,

Yeah don't know why you got down voted. Thing about mass and the speed of light, well, it's not negotiable. Unless you got zero mass there's only so fast you can go thems the facts so agreed, click bait.

possiblylinux127 ,
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I'm pretty sure you still can't go faster than the speed of light with zero mass. It would be exactly the speed of light.

lemmyseizethemeans ,

It's because you need more than infinite energy. The cool thing about special relativity is you can understand it with algebra. As you accelerate you gain mass, that's the rub

CanadaPlus ,

Well, the Alcubierre metrics specifically sidestep that, by "moving" a chunk of a spacetime through itself.

It still breaks causality and is generally suspect for not corresponding to a physical thing quantum gravity allows, though. Plus, since they're potentially finite, they come with a guarantee any such shenanigans would require negative energy density to happen.

AmbroisindeMontaigu ,

The study says "subluminal" in its abstract, the linked article hides that between lots of speculation and talk about fictional FTL warp drives, so I'd say the study is ok, the article is clickbait.

Anticorp ,

"Hi, not only did I not read anything except the headline, I no understanding of what a warp drive does and have never heard of Aculbierre."

YeetPics , in New German research shows EVs break down at less than half the rate of combustion engine cars.
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New observative research says that you won't fit the tools needed to fix your EV on the roadside inside your EV.

IphtashuFitz ,

My last breakdown was when all the transmission fluid in my car drained out because the mechanic that did my tuneup didn’t replace the drain plug properly. What tools should I carry in my car to do a complete transmission replacement while on the side of the highway?

You999 ,

Why would you need to carry the tools when they breakdown half as often?

If you look at the statistics other than lightning which is skewed because it includes bulb failures, the top failures aren't really stuff you want to be doing on the side of the road.

Trollception ,

Do you carry a fab in your vehicle to reproduce failed electronic parts? How exactly do you fix a broken control arm with tools?

zalgotext ,

Realistically, the only roadside repair the average ICE car comes equipped to do is a tire change. In that regard, EVs are on par with ICE vehicles as far as "roadside repairability" goes.

Aux ,

When was the last time you fixed your turbos roadside?

RememberTheApollo_ ,

lol. I’m sure you carry a spare ECU in the trunk, right? Along with all the tools to replace it.

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