We On Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 1:12 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1) > It sounds arrogant to say, but I think its true -> As a whole, human > civilization is there to present problems for itself! > Only a few are smart enough to solve them, as a whole civilization is a > wrecked deficient mess. Its only going to be 1 or a few ppl that ever > invent a quantum computer that actually works, everyone else pretends they > can do it and lie about it. Just look at the evidence for the stupidity > on the internet. 99% of the articles on technology are rubbish, because > maybe its bad if we have too many knowledgeable ppl? > Groups of people are more intelligent than any of their members. But this only works if the members think they are smarter than the group. Otherwise all the members would make the same decisions individually. That's true whether you measure intelligence by prediction accuracy (e.g. prediction markets), dollars per hour, or log(knowledge in bits) + log(computing power in OPS x bits) > > 3) > Theres only a handful of experiments to do, to become a successful > engineer, fear of the unknown perhaps stops others. (maybe you?) From > getting any success. > We don't know if calorie restriction extends life expectancy in humans. It took decades to learn that it does in one of two groups of monkeys. We don't know if eating meat extends or shortens life. We don't know if statins or blood pressure drugs or any other drugs or supplements extend or shortens life. Kurzweil is spending $1 million per year on supplements in order to live to see the Singularity. Not one of them is clinically proven to help. > > ON QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY > If its true that you can develop an exponential technology, it runs on > virtually 0 energy. But its not worth exploring because its too good to be > true. > Quantum computing will not accelerate neural networks. It is mostly useless for AGI. However, it will break most crypto. For example, you could use Shor's algorithm to reveal Bitcoin private keys or Grover's to vastly accelerate mining. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T94ee05730c7d4074-Mcf1d4632b6d014b97af1c349 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
