Not precisely humans but the ancient placental mammal lineage that includes humans, dogs, and bats.
Obviously. That’s how evolution works. Everything alive today had an “ancestor” alive at the time of the dinosaurs, and before the time of the dinosaurs.
I’m amazed by the fact that such systems are able to resume operations after a so long interruption, without requiring an human to press some physical button.
Someone’s already killed themself after encouragement from an ai. I don’t think trusting ai with unrestricted and unsupervised access to vulnerable people is a good idea.
I think humans are too specifically hardwired for actual human interaction for it to work. Like, it’s so specific that even online communication with real humans doesn’t fill the void. I can talk to friends on Discord for ages, but it’s not the same as meeting up and going to do something.
I really don’t think an AI, even a convincing one, is going to make a large dent on loneliness in the majority of cases.
I think it depends on the humans. Personally, I find online interactions more comfortable than in-person ones, most of the time. In-person interactions exhaust me, if they aren’t with the small handful of people with whom I’m most comfortable, so I can really only take them in short doses. I can chat online without any such issues, so if I were lonely, a companion A.I. that could carry on actual conversations might really help, even if it isn’t a 1:1 replacement for human interaction.
I’m aware that I am probably not representative of the majority of people, but I doubt I’m the only one who feels the way I do, so there could be a place for this sort of thing, where it could do some actual good.
The phrasing of the article makes it sound like robots will be replacements for human companionship, which is probably nonsense in any near term like the ten year period quoted, but it could maybe get to the point of imitating a companion animal like a dog or a cat to alleviate abject loneliness and pester people to move around their house. (The Aibo dream can finally be realized in my lifetime!)
Maybe a robot conversation could fool an older person with dementia or something, but I would definitely worry about leaving anyone detached enough to be fooled into thinking a language model is a conversation unattended with one. And if you're not fooled then it's just a spiral.
There’s just so much wrong with this article. The whole website seems to be geared towards people who celebrate tech without understanding any if it. I.e.: tech bros.
Which is why I’d expect to see this article quoted on satire groups like: “did silicon valley reinvent the bus again?”.
In the case of excitons, negatively charged electrons (fermions) bind to positively charged “holes” (also fermions), resulting in their collective spins combining to form a whole integer, thus creating a bosonic particle.
How does an electron bind to a hole? What does that mean? I guess I need to know exactly what a hole is. How does an electron hole have spin?
All those medical professionals who have said it is best not to do anything but sleep/have sex in your bedroom must be screaming right now. As well as everyone who doesn't want to live in the office.
I couldn't sleep with someone sitting right there (making whatever noise). I couldn't work with someone sleeping under me either.
However, while I hate it for the work environment, it's a space saver for those who live in small apartments. Like all those room set ups in IKEA.
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