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Boston Dynamics just released a video of its "Atlas" humanoid robot doing physical work. It looks like it was moving car shocks from a bin to a rack. https://youtube.com/shorts/SFKM-Rxiqzg?si=H8jqMYvsT9VtoJW1 The task reminded me of loading a tank cannon. https://youtu.be/un__9ZMYgR8?si=JH...

I've written before that robots could someday let us eradicate invasive species and restore ecosystems to earlier states. Basically, there would be so many robots spread out across the face of the Earth that they could find and destroy every invasive animal or plant. Well, this would be especially h...

Nobel prizewinning economist Christopher Pissarides predicts narrow AI will destroy countless STEM-dependent jobs. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nobel-prize-winner-cautions-rush-103617209.html And respected economist Tyler Cowen predicts narrow AI will destroy countless “wordcel” jobs. https://marg...

Imagine all the interesting things we'll learn once we have supercomputers that can rerun human history under different conditions. How many alternative empires, races, languages, and religions could there have been? What if there had been an eighth continent in the middle of the Pacific?

The Aerostat flying drones from Terminator Salvation (made in 2009, set in 2018):


Flying suicide drones in Ukraine hunting down vans (2023):

wjfox wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:51 pm It might be time for a dedicated thread on this, if things escalate further.

They've been asking for it.

wjfox wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:07 pm Lots of useful predictions here...

I want to see an intro to a sci fi film that opens with those predictions in text, interspersed with predictions about the rise of AGI and other technologies.

wjfox wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:54 am

What if we extend the meme down another row to see what happens in 2036?

"Robots took my welding job!"

"LMAO Something something."

It's rare seeing human twins, let alone triplets. However, during the early days of android adoption, there will probably be a limited number of models, so seeing three or four of the same "person" in one place will become common.

Having to wait in line at an emergency room, or more than a day to see a specialist doctor, will be an alien concept in the future because machines with the same diagnostic and treatment skills as human doctors will be everywhere. Your robot butler could set your broken arm in your living room.