If the odds were higher, then governments might start taking money off their war spending and start putting some serious money into space technology and asteroid deflection programs, which would certainly lead to a faster space colonization, asteroid mining and so on,
The industrial revolution happened when men overcame the power of their muscles. We still had our brains going for us. Now with AI and automation, we are gradually overcoming the power of our brains. Soon (in a few decades), there will be very few things a human will be better at then an AI. What jobs do you imagine being created, when you can just put a cheap automation to do the job for you?
The same way we no longer need to hunt and gather in today's society, most of us will no longer need to work in the future in order to keep goods and services being produced. The question is, how easy or difficult can we make this transition? To me , the worst thing that can be done is simply ignoring the problem and erroneously pointing fingers to the Luddite movement as a perpetual example why this would never happen.
It's entirely possible we might not need to delve too deep into the inner workings of neurons, glia and microtubules, if we manage to simulate the functional model of the neuron and how they form connections and interact with one another. I'm not saying it's 100% sure, but a good deal of neuroscientists seem to think cognition emerges from the connectone. If that is the case then this project might prove useful. If not, then it will still prove useful because it will certainly generate many new technologies and methodologies geared towards study of the brain.
I can't speak for the entire human race, but I personally hate my job and would love to be able to pursue something I enjoyed, for once. This world is full of lawyers, business executives, dentists, and other working people who would rather be poets, philosophers, writers, videogame designers, guitar players, architects etc...
I'm more inclined to believe in the second possibility. Social pressure would not permit the former IMO. But regardless, my post was just to criticize this idea that because Luddites were wrong once, during the industrial revolution, that their idea of jobs being lost to automation would be forever false. It is bound to happen sometime this century. We will eventually need to find an alternative to our current economic and monetary system based on a jobless (yet productive) society.
That people will always be able to do things machine cannot. Sure, maybe machines will not be able to play rock-n-roll or write poetry, but it's not like these things actually pay very well.
But what happens computers are as good as people in most of all the things that qualify as jobs nowadays? Are we to expect that suddenly 100 new paying professions will suddenly arise that we have no idea about today, that by some magic only humans (aka meat-sacs) will be able to perform? I doubt it.
When technology to fight aging appears, it will be like any other technology; expensive at first then cheaper and cheaper. No government in the world would benefit from NOT providing anti-aging treatments to the general population. The aged population provide an enormous economical stress to countries, their pension funds and social security, and specially the healthcare costs, which have, by and large, the majority of it's cost geared towards treating diseases of old age.
Trying to prevent aging by tinkering with our enormously complex biological process, is likely to cause many more problems the body that we don't know of. It will likely work for some people while creating all sorts of problems for all the others.
With the SENS approach, on the other hand, it's not about changing the biological process to prevent the aging, but rather trying to repair the damage caused by the 7 known cause of aging, with regenerative medicine and other therapies.
It's not a Brazil issue. All other countries are also banned from buying ebooks on B&N. While in Amazon all you need is an international credit card, with B&N, you need one with a billing address within the US. There are no importation taxes or any trade inter-country trade bureaucracy when buying downloaded stuff from Amazon, just like there are none with most digital content you find on the web.
Barnes and Noble has a policy where they only sell to Americans. It's unbelievably stupid. I've spent literally thousands of dollars on ebooks in the last few years on Amazon.com. During that time, I've tried on 2 separate occasions buying something from B&N, with no success. I even tried purchasing a gift certificate credit, but when I tried using it for an ebook, they didn't accept it. That's why Amazon.com has and always will beat the crap out of B&N IMO.
According to some commentators here. If you consider aging a gift and not a disease, then you must consider a gift the suffering imposed on the elderly and the trillions of dollars that are spent in treating all these "natural" diseases. People who want to grow senile and dependent on help of strangers to eat their soup, can go f*ck themselves! I rather be strong and productive when I'm in my nineties.
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when I see it!
If the odds were higher, then governments might start taking money off their war spending and start putting some serious money into space technology and asteroid deflection programs, which would certainly lead to a faster space colonization, asteroid mining and so on,
...holds it's breath!
...why not mosquitos?!!! The most vile, annoying creatures to ever to roam the earth!
Not that they can't park cars great! ;)
The industrial revolution happened when men overcame the power of their muscles. We still had our brains going for us. Now with AI and automation, we are gradually overcoming the power of our brains. Soon (in a few decades), there will be very few things a human will be better at then an AI. What jobs do you imagine being created, when you can just put a cheap automation to do the job for you?
Also know as "minimum guaranteed income".
The same way we no longer need to hunt and gather in today's society, most of us will no longer need to work in the future in order to keep goods and services being produced. The question is, how easy or difficult can we make this transition? To me , the worst thing that can be done is simply ignoring the problem and erroneously pointing fingers to the Luddite movement as a perpetual example why this would never happen.
It's entirely possible we might not need to delve too deep into the inner workings of neurons, glia and microtubules, if we manage to simulate the functional model of the neuron and how they form connections and interact with one another. I'm not saying it's 100% sure, but a good deal of neuroscientists seem to think cognition emerges from the connectone. If that is the case then this project might prove useful. If not, then it will still prove useful because it will certainly generate many new technologies and methodologies geared towards study of the brain.
That's why this project exists in the first place. To understand how cognitive processes work by trying to imitate the brain.
I can't speak for the entire human race, but I personally hate my job and would love to be able to pursue something I enjoyed, for once. This world is full of lawyers, business executives, dentists, and other working people who would rather be poets, philosophers, writers, videogame designers, guitar players, architects etc...
I'm more inclined to believe in the second possibility. Social pressure would not permit the former IMO. But regardless, my post was just to criticize this idea that because Luddites were wrong once, during the industrial revolution, that their idea of jobs being lost to automation would be forever false. It is bound to happen sometime this century. We will eventually need to find an alternative to our current economic and monetary system based on a jobless (yet productive) society.
That people will always be able to do things machine cannot. Sure, maybe machines will not be able to play rock-n-roll or write poetry, but it's not like these things actually pay very well. But what happens computers are as good as people in most of all the things that qualify as jobs nowadays? Are we to expect that suddenly 100 new paying professions will suddenly arise that we have no idea about today, that by some magic only humans (aka meat-sacs) will be able to perform? I doubt it.
Dude! Don't give them ideas!
When technology to fight aging appears, it will be like any other technology; expensive at first then cheaper and cheaper. No government in the world would benefit from NOT providing anti-aging treatments to the general population. The aged population provide an enormous economical stress to countries, their pension funds and social security, and specially the healthcare costs, which have, by and large, the majority of it's cost geared towards treating diseases of old age.
Trying to prevent aging by tinkering with our enormously complex biological process, is likely to cause many more problems the body that we don't know of. It will likely work for some people while creating all sorts of problems for all the others. With the SENS approach, on the other hand, it's not about changing the biological process to prevent the aging, but rather trying to repair the damage caused by the 7 known cause of aging, with regenerative medicine and other therapies.
off the hands of Bond villains and other evil master minds...
It's not a Brazil issue. All other countries are also banned from buying ebooks on B&N. While in Amazon all you need is an international credit card, with B&N, you need one with a billing address within the US. There are no importation taxes or any trade inter-country trade bureaucracy when buying downloaded stuff from Amazon, just like there are none with most digital content you find on the web.
Barnes and Noble has a policy where they only sell to Americans. It's unbelievably stupid. I've spent literally thousands of dollars on ebooks in the last few years on Amazon.com. During that time, I've tried on 2 separate occasions buying something from B&N, with no success. I even tried purchasing a gift certificate credit, but when I tried using it for an ebook, they didn't accept it. That's why Amazon.com has and always will beat the crap out of B&N IMO.
Raper of Wallets!
Any other reason is just BS.
then our Italian friend, Andrea Rossi.
oh yes! Alzheimers, cancer, osteoporosis, parkinsons, arthritis, macular degeneration, strokes, diabetes are a wonderful gift!
According to some commentators here. If you consider aging a gift and not a disease, then you must consider a gift the suffering imposed on the elderly and the trillions of dollars that are spent in treating all these "natural" diseases. People who want to grow senile and dependent on help of strangers to eat their soup, can go f*ck themselves! I rather be strong and productive when I'm in my nineties.
would love to see hard disk drives become history. They had a good and long run. It's about time they retire!