Nobody has tested lifetime of last generation microelectronics either. With feature sizes down to just a few atoms, it doesn't take a lot of migration for the CPU to stop working.
One thing you'd need to worry about is phosphate to grow the food. Unlike metals like copper that you can get by salvaging old pipes and wires, the phosphate will readily dissolve in water and wash to the ocean. Of course, you can still grow food without phosphate fertilizer, but the yield will be a lot lower.
You are right. Breeding is riskier, because you're just mixing things and hoping you'll get something better. At least with genetic modification, there's a process to understand the purpose of the genes, and only target specific areas where you want a change.
What's really driving obesity is the engineers in the processed food factories trying to optimize the perfect mix of ingredients that people find irresistible. Because irresistible = profit. And unlucky for the rest of population, irresistible usually involves a high calorie mix of fat and sugar.
It could also save time by eliminating traffic jams. If everybody punches in where they are, and where they want to go, a large scheduling system could give everybody a jam-free slot.
So ? When I'm driving, I can only hope that other people are paying attention, watching the road instead of their smart phone. That's not any better than hoping that the computer will make the right decision.
Sure you are right about effort times time, but you don't need to look at your heart rate to see the effort, if you can feel it. If I start running up a hill, and halfway up I'm out of breath I can tell that I'm going to fast and need to slow down. A heart rate monitor doesn't take into account other factors, like how tired your muscles are from the day before, or what you've eaten, or what else is on your mind. Exercising by effort does take all of that in account.
When I went running, I didn't even take a watch. I just had a certain loop that I was running, and I adjusted my speed to whatever level I was comfortable with.
Define 'alive' in this context. If you would accept that a computer program could meet the definition, it can be duplicated on another computer. Take current computer viruses/trojans for instance, but imagine them so smart they can figure out new ways to hack into computers.
And how long have you been doing this ? Probably not too long, because after walking up the same 6 flights of stairs for a few times, you already know how many calories it takes, and how many steps it is without looking at the FitBit.
Even an extra 100 calories burned per day adds up to a significant weight loss 365 days later.
Unless you eat 100 extra calories because you think you can afford it. And 100 kcals is only a quarter of a donut.
Unless you're a professional, these fitness devices only have a brief novelty value. Calories burned is cute, but if you want to lose weight, you just need to eat less. Instead of counting steps, you can just measure the distance travelled, or time spent exercising. And instead of looking at your heart rate, you can just judge how you feel. After a while, you know what kind of exercise level you can sustain for the next 30 or 60 minutes. And if you misjudge, and you go to fast, just slow down for the second half. Don't worry too much about staying in the exact "heart rate zone".
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Nobody has tested lifetime of last generation microelectronics either. With feature sizes down to just a few atoms, it doesn't take a lot of migration for the CPU to stop working.
One thing you'd need to worry about is phosphate to grow the food. Unlike metals like copper that you can get by salvaging old pipes and wires, the phosphate will readily dissolve in water and wash to the ocean. Of course, you can still grow food without phosphate fertilizer, but the yield will be a lot lower.
why should we have to re-invent everything about computers...
No, we will be dead. Somebody else gets the opportunity to invent them for the first time.
This. Acid free paper also makes great fuel in winter. How are you going to keep yourself warm with a pdf ?
Just like with old fashioned breeding.
You are right. Breeding is riskier, because you're just mixing things and hoping you'll get something better. At least with genetic modification, there's a process to understand the purpose of the genes, and only target specific areas where you want a change.
What's really driving obesity is the engineers in the processed food factories trying to optimize the perfect mix of ingredients that people find irresistible. Because irresistible = profit. And unlucky for the rest of population, irresistible usually involves a high calorie mix of fat and sugar.
An IR camera can see a dear hiding in the grass from much further away than you can see.
It could also save time by eliminating traffic jams. If everybody punches in where they are, and where they want to go, a large scheduling system could give everybody a jam-free slot.
So ? When I'm driving, I can only hope that other people are paying attention, watching the road instead of their smart phone. That's not any better than hoping that the computer will make the right decision.
Many airports have driverless trains.
Sure you are right about effort times time, but you don't need to look at your heart rate to see the effort, if you can feel it. If I start running up a hill, and halfway up I'm out of breath I can tell that I'm going to fast and need to slow down. A heart rate monitor doesn't take into account other factors, like how tired your muscles are from the day before, or what you've eaten, or what else is on your mind. Exercising by effort does take all of that in account. When I went running, I didn't even take a watch. I just had a certain loop that I was running, and I adjusted my speed to whatever level I was comfortable with.
Please cite a few of those peer reviewed papers.
This doesn't make them alive
Define 'alive' in this context. If you would accept that a computer program could meet the definition, it can be duplicated on another computer. Take current computer viruses/trojans for instance, but imagine them so smart they can figure out new ways to hack into computers.
We can program the AI to make better versions of itself. There's your initial motivation.
Do you think laws and rules should not protect people you sufficiently dislike?
Do you think the USA should have protected the Nazis in WW2 ?
Creationist ignore facts, logic and arguments. A debate may be entertaining, but it's ultimately pointless.
and by what right would you keep them out? :)
I'm sure the university has a right to keep people off their property.
Even an extra 100 calories burned per day adds up to a significant weight loss 365 days later.
Unless you eat 100 extra calories because you think you can afford it. And 100 kcals is only a quarter of a donut.
Even when "eat less" is oversimplified, tracking your exercise calories is equally useless.
Unless you're a professional, these fitness devices only have a brief novelty value. Calories burned is cute, but if you want to lose weight, you just need to eat less. Instead of counting steps, you can just measure the distance travelled, or time spent exercising. And instead of looking at your heart rate, you can just judge how you feel. After a while, you know what kind of exercise level you can sustain for the next 30 or 60 minutes. And if you misjudge, and you go to fast, just slow down for the second half. Don't worry too much about staying in the exact "heart rate zone".
If you give the AI the capability to change its own programming, it could (inadvertently) change its own motivation.
Lesson learned: put the on/off switch in a place where the AI does not have (physical) control.
A lot of people would be bored without some routine
Sleeping, eating, fucking and playing on the Xbox constitute a routine, right ?