Or feeding the poor
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I was going to say, something like 'actual' UBI given to the most indigent and homeless, and you would see some measurable change.
I think they would prefer not to be forced to eat it, but something like that.
But like honestly though, I've seen on YouTube people funded almost entirely through commissions and patrons manage metallurgical feats previously considered impossible like the forge welding of titanium to steel. Imagine what they could do with even a fraction of Nvidia's or OpenAI's budget?
How about just universal healthcare, housing, and education?
See, now you're just being ridiculous.
Or like enamel growth on teeth experts.
Or tinnitus research.
Or migraine research.
Or longevity research.
Or any other research actually.
Tbh I don't get why all these men who are as rich as god aren't pumping large portions of the fortune into longevity research. Do they not want to live forever? We finally live in a time where we are starting to see real possibilities of growing all organs, and maybe even curing memory loss due to age. And they just, don't seem worried?
And just plain longevity research, which have again and again proven to work by repairing things, and thus rejuvenating us (works in mice \TM).
My bet is that either they are drugged up and their brain are mush, or fooled that AI will do it just more money bro plz.
Well here's the thing. Rich people are kinda dumb.
That's precisely why they're pumping money into AI research. At this point mind uploading seems inevitable, but not necessarily in our lifetimes.
I think that's a long way to go before that's a possibility. The main issue been the question if how we scan a brain.
And they don't want to wait the time it will take humans to figure that out.
They didn't become rich by taking smart decisions, they took the ones that made them money. Climate crisis is what it is today because of profit maximization. Certainly, they also live in this environment. They also get microplastics in their bodies.
They are. Just not in ways that are accessible to the general public.
They can't figure out how to make themselves live forever, and as they're the richest, they think they must be the cleverest, so anything they can't think of is beyond the human mind and therefore they must create an artificial mind to solve it.
Or you know... you could make food and water and renewable energy infrastructure for the entire planet.
OR we give it all to the rich.
But those things are obviously not as important as improving our predictive text algorithms!
naaaaaah
People wouldn't have AI girlfriends, but sea mammal or sword girlfriends instead. So no big change really
They might end up shooting the dolphin up with acid and jerking it off until it commits suicide.
If anyone is curious about the actual experiment
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me
We can all hope to go out in such glorious fashion.
Speak for yourself.
Prude
Sounds pretty fucking sweet to me!
I have a grey diving suit around somewhere
Maybe they should have spent the money on fusion research first. They could have had nearly free power, and make a fortune selling off the rest, all while saving the climate.
The cruelty is the point
Give dolphins, octopus, and cuddlefish psychedelics
Cuddlefish ʘ‿ʘ
aka Blahaj
You almost made me not loathe them. Almost. Fucking terrifying.
Its funny, we dont fund all these things because they're "good enough" to work. And the reason we're dumping lumps into AI is because it doesn't even do "good enough" right now but there's a lot of people that expected it to already.
These things dont get funded because they dont make enough (or are not expected to make enough) money
What's the total amount given to AI in a year? I'm curious how many decades we could solve world hunger, provide free healthcare for the planet, AND make advancements in renewable energy.
Where is the profit on that tho? Xd
What's the profit on AI? It's a definite bubble
Not if they convince us we need it
New AInvil, coming soon
Its just a normal anvil but it tells you you did a perfect hammer blow every time.