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Category Archives: Technology
Why are Jetpacks a thing.
Quora – Are jetpacks a commercial viability within the next 10 years? [ 1/5/20 ] Agree with Jeff. They are inherently dangerous, and vulnerable to single point of failure with fatal consequences. With fixed wing or rotor wing aircraft, if … Continue reading
Viruses and Bill Gates
[ 20/4/20 Ron shared an image on facebook, with two pics of Bill Gates, 1 – 1980s – lets infect computers with a virus and then sell them antivirus software; and 2 – 2019 – Lets infect people with a … Continue reading
Can human beings survive away from the biosphere of Earth since we are intrinsically linked to and dependent on the microbiology of our planet?
Can human beings survive away from the biosphere of Earth since we are intrinsically linked to and dependent on the microbiology of our planet? [ 21/3/20 ] Provided we take some reasonable approximation to the biosphere of earth with us … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Our Future, Technology, understanding
Tagged future, nature, risk mitigation, technology
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Quora – What events would occur after an AI became sentient, and would it view humans as below it or as equals?
What events would occur after an AI became sentient, and would it view humans as below it or as equals? [ 20/3/20 ] There can be no simple or certain answer to that question. An AI that became self aware, … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Technology
Tagged AI, complexity, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – Why are we as humans so much ahead in every other field than medical sciences?
Quora – Why are we as humans so much ahead in every other field than medical sciences? [ 6/3/20 ] Seems to be several major aspects to the answer, in so far as the question is actually accurate in its … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Nature, Technology, understanding
Tagged complexity, Economics, risk mitigation, science, technology, understanding
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Quora – Would the world have no worries if everything was free?
Quora – Would the world have no worries if everything was free? [ 19/2/20 ] Short answer no. Longer answer is more complex. Nothing is free of consequences. Everything we do has impacts over space and time. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Our Future, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged Abundance, AI, Economics, freedom, future, Morality, Responsibility, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – How and when will humans recognize the point at which artificial intelligence has finally become self-aware and conscious, in the way that we understand those concepts?
Quora – How and when will humans recognize the point at which artificial intelligence has finally become self-aware and conscious, in the way that we understand those concepts? [ 18/2/20 ] Some very good answers here, and many that fail … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Philosophy, Technology
Tagged AI, Morality, risk mitigation, technology, understanding, values
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Quora – Why should we trust science to save us from global warming?
Quora – Why should we trust science to save us from global warming? [ 15/2/20 ] The tools of science can be used to solve any real problem, but cannot be prescient about all possible long term consequences. Science is … Continue reading
Posted in Our Future, Technology
Tagged Climate change, risk mitigation, science, technology, understanding
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Quora – Is the future of artificial intelligence a threat to humanity?
Quora – Is the future of artificial intelligence a threat to humanity? [ 12/2/20 ] Not really a useful question. The answer is necessarily – of course – many different sorts of threat exist. The far more useful question is, … Continue reading
Posted in Longevity, Technology
Tagged AI, complexity, risk mitigation, technology, understanding
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Quora – What technology would immediately boost our civilization a tier forward?
Quora – What technology would immediately boost our civilization a tier forward? [ 10/2/20 ] There is no technology that can do that in and of itself. All technologies are tools, it is what we choose to do with them … Continue reading
