Why hasn't the Singularity gone mainstream (yet?) (advance, material, laptop)
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This is a great example as to how super computers will change science. Now imagine when a computer the size of a blood cell is more powerful then the largest super computer today and the impact it will have?!?!?
This is from Popular Science:
A Texas supercomputer capable of 9.6 quadrillion operations per second has solved a thorny problem in genetics, by looking at the bones of a young boy who died 24,000 years ago in Mal’ta in south-central Siberia. Existing genetic models have suggested that modern Europeans share DNA with 3 different groups: blue-eyed, swarthy hunter-gatherers who arrived in Europe some 40,000 years ago; a second group of light-skinned, brown-eyed farmers from the Near East who migrated about 7,000 years ago; and a third mystery group who arrived more recently to share their genes. But no one knew who this "ghost population" was. By plugging the ancient boy’s genomic data into the 9.6 petaflop "Stampede" supercomputer at the University of Texas at Austin, senior co-author David Reich of Harvard and his team were able to confirm a theory that the boy’s group of “ancient North Eurasians” were indeed the missing population.
The sooner the better. At 65 I feel I was born about 5 years too early......
I'm not up to date on a lot of this stuff and I'm not sold on some of the time frames being thrown around..(and I'm really not that interested in having the internet beamed into in my brain)...But I do believe that medical breakthroughs are coming in the next 5-10 yrs that will blow our minds.
I believe anyone alive today has a decent chance of living to 120yrs old. (And not just reaching 120 but feeling good while doing it.)
In a few years 70 might be the new 40...Ain't that a trip!?!
I'm not up to date on a lot of this stuff and I'm not sold on some of the time frames being thrown around..(and I'm really not that interested in having the internet beamed into in my brain)...But I do believe that medical breakthroughs are coming in the next 5-10 yrs that will blow our minds.
I believe anyone alive today has a decent chance of living to 120yrs old. (And not just reaching 120 but feeling good while doing it.)
In a few years 70 might be the new 40...Ain't that a trip!?!
In a few years once we have reverse aging 70 will be the new 20 why at 41 I view my life like I am 21 as in a way I am with most of it yet to come. So back in 1964 at the age of 41 I would be living the best years of my life today I understand as much as I love my life now the best is yet to come.
Now in terms of merging with computers. That can be scary but I think once its here most people will want to do it as the benefits will far far far out way the negatives.
Reverse aging is one of the things I'm not sold on yet. (At least not in the next 5-15 years.) I'm not sure if the technology will even be available, let alone long human testing/clinical trials, let alone affordable too anyone not on Warren Buffett's level.
Reverse aging is one of the things I'm not sold on yet. (At least not in the next 5-15 years.) I'm not sure if the technology will even be available, let alone long human testing/clinical trials, let alone affordable too anyone not on Warren Buffett's level.
I can see why you would think that but remember this is now a form of information technology this advancing exponentially. That is why what is science fiction today will not be in less the 10 years. Now I will admit it will be quite expensive at first but I plan on being among he first to use it as soon as its safe even if it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. However it should come down in price rather quickly.
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Any time I read about major miracles (like life extension or total cancer cures) happening in my waning live time, I think about space exploration. If you had asked me where I believed our space program would be by this time 30 years ago, I would have said with belief that we would currently have colonies on the moon and Mars.........
Every time I hear about when we "might" again land on the Moon or head to Mars with a manned expedition, I am very disappointed.
Any time I read about major miracles (like life extension or total cancer cures) happening in my waning live time, I think about space exploration. If you had asked me where I believed our space program would be by this time 30 years ago, I would have said with belief that we would currently have colonies on the moon and Mars.........
Every time I hear about when we "might" again land on the Moon or head to Mars with a manned expedition, I am very disappointed.
There was a big pause in the race to explore space..Imagine if there had been a race to colonize mars. Imagine if there was something on Mars that could turn a huge profit. Imagine if companies had a reason to compete to get into space...We'd already be there..20 yrs ago did we have any reason to believe robots would be cruising around mars and landing on asteroids?
There is a race for companies to create cures. There is a huge profit to be made to be the company that cures cancer/diabetes/baldness/obesity/aids etc.
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Oh, I am still hopeful and somewhat optimistic. Another concern, however, is that medical miracles will be developed but be too expensive for many (including me).
Oh, I am still hopeful and somewhat optimistic. Another concern, however, is that medical miracles will be developed but be too expensive for many (including me).
Heard that..We'll definitely have to wait for the generic brand.
Any time I read about major miracles (like life extension or total cancer cures) happening in my waning live time, I think about space exploration. If you had asked me where I believed our space program would be by this time 30 years ago, I would have said with belief that we would currently have colonies on the moon and Mars.........
Every time I hear about when we "might" again land on the Moon or head to Mars with a manned expedition, I am very disappointed.
Space exploration is a good example of something that for the most part is technology that is not information technology thus almost impossible to predict. Now if you look at the computers NASA uses they are exponentially better. In fact the smart phone we all use is thousands of times more powerful then the entire NASA computer that got man to the moon in the 1960's. We will explore space but I am not sure we will do much before the singularity so at this point I am not worried about it. In fact since my goal is to live for a long time if not forever I am more then willing to wait to explore space till its more then safe even if that is 100 or 200 years away.
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