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0 pointsdekhn2y ago0 comments

Yes, a combination of fusion, superconductivity, and AGI would indeed be transformative. It's hard to anticipate what the results would look like.

Good reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-scarcity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale then follow it up with a bit of 1993, https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html and https://web.pa.msu.edu/people/yang/RFeynman_plentySpace.pdf

(oh, huh, I just noticed that There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom starts with a reference to the discovery of superconduction)

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wredue2y ago

We’re nowhere near AGI dude, even with several breakthroughs.

AI today is a glorified search algorithm.

soulofmischief2y ago

That doesn't mesh with the daily insights I gain from asking GPT-4 novel questions and receiving answers that integrate a much wider knowledge corpus that I have in my head.

You can argue all language is a form of search, but that is missing completely what transformer models are bringing to the table, and not just within language.

robocat2y ago

Injecting random noise into your brain and finding intelligent connections says you are smart.

Your comment says nothing about whether we are “near AGI”, only that we find images within Rorschach blobs (as a metaphor for GPT4 generated text).

soulofmischief2y ago

The context of my comment should make it clear that I am responding to this

> AI today is a glorified search algorithm.

and not the comment about AGI, given as that is a pedantic argument I have no wish engaging in.

> only that we find images within Rorschach blobs

I'm sorry, I'm not sure you understand what GPT-4 offers. Things like generating novel code to solve a novel problem are not finding "images within Rorschach blobs". I think you should sit down with the technology and explore with a more open mind.

Workaccount22y ago

I hate to break it to you, but your brain is also just a glorified search engine.

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wredue2y ago

We’re nowhere near AGI dude, even with several breakthroughs.

AI today is a glorified search algorithm.

soulofmischief2y ago

That doesn't mesh with the daily insights I gain from asking GPT-4 novel questions and receiving answers that integrate a much wider knowledge corpus that I have in my head.

You can argue all language is a form of search, but that is missing completely what transformer models are bringing to the table, and not just within language.

robocat2y ago

Injecting random noise into your brain and finding intelligent connections says you are smart.

Your comment says nothing about whether we are “near AGI”, only that we find images within Rorschach blobs (as a metaphor for GPT4 generated text).

soulofmischief2y ago

The context of my comment should make it clear that I am responding to this

> AI today is a glorified search algorithm.

and not the comment about AGI, given as that is a pedantic argument I have no wish engaging in.

> only that we find images within Rorschach blobs

Workaccount22y ago

I hate to break it to you, but your brain is also just a glorified search engine.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse