20151022 - Douglas Mulhall – Nanotechnology - Live Show Chat Thread

[coaster]

What's in your sandwich? Almost dinner time here and I'm hungry.

Grilled ham and cheese.

[Gumby, Dammit]

Dig it, baby. Gonna import a case or two.

[norland2424]

you fucked uped Doug

[Dyna-X]

Ahh the caller asked for an Art Bell top 100, well I have a top 40 for MITD - to be updated again soon - and a full list of the 329 known bumpers to date on this thread - excuse the shameless plug
http://bellgab.com/index.php/topic,8296.120.html

[Catsmile]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#History


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2iRDYnzwtk

[trostol]

 

[coaster]

Ahh the caller asked for an Art Bell top 100, well I have a top 40 for MITD - to be updated again soon - and a full list of the 329 known bumpers to date on this thread - excuse the shameless plug
http://bellgab.com/index.php/topic,8296.120.html

Very cool.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

This caller...

[Rocky4228]

Art missed a swear!

[inuk2600]

It's all about viability. Flying cars never were. They need tons of fuel and have no practical use for people when you get down to it. Just because a 1960's cartoon predicted them doesn't mean that they make sense. Now if someone had talked about self-driving cars, the curve there has proven to be WAY faster than any futurist could have ever predicted even two years ago.

I'm not saying it's not viable but the complexities and barriers are way underestimated and will limit any major advances towards the human-technological singularity within the next 50 years.

[GeoNemesis]

I've got a singularity in my basement too, it's replaced my septic tank!

[norland2424]

Art missed a swear!

" full of shit" 

[jazmunda]

Did the caller just say the s word?

[GuerrillaUnReal]

Did the drugs finally kick in for everyone? That segment got silly.

[Claudius]

Play this episode out Keyboard Cat!

[trostol]

Did the caller just say the s word?

yup..but i could see how he missed it..was breaking up a bit at that point

[coaster]

A sentient black hole? Smoke more guy, you're not quite high enough.

[GuerrillaUnReal]

Nothing got sabotaged, no one had a social media temper tantrum and no one got shot at tonight. Progress?

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I'm not saying it's not viable but the complexities and barriers are way underestimated and will limit any major advances towards the human-technological singularity withing the next 50 years.

The limiting factor has always been how quickly humans could go through development cycles, considering the economics of marketing each new generation of technology.  As soon as artificial intelligence can design itself, those limits are gone presuming the machines can be supplied with enough materials and energy to keep them progressing.

[SciFiAuthor]

I'm not saying it's not viable but the complexities and barriers are way underestimated and will limit any major advances towards the human-technological singularity withing the next 50 years.

What indicators are there that say that? I can't find any. The big problem is that most people buy into things like the Jetson's where flying cars are predicted and when that doesn't happen they poo poo any predictions that are made by futurists. They paid attention to a cartoon, but not the actual futurists of the period.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD7KYbfLTyw

[Gumby, Dammit]

I've got a singularity in my basement too, it's replaced my septic tank!

Sometimes only one comes out. Then tomorrow, there's another one.

[Gumby, Dammit]

What indicators are there that say that? I can't find any. The big problem is that most people buy into things like the Jetson's where flying cars are predicted and when that doesn't happen they poo poo any predictions that are made by futurists. They paid attention to a cartoon, but not the actual futurists of the period.

SciFi...c'mon man...is there really a difference?

[Gumby, Dammit]

A sentient black hole? Smoke more guy, you're not quite high enough.

I think he was using a euphemism. Probably a mason.

[SciFiAuthor]

SciFi...c'mon man...is there really a difference?

Watch the video.

[trostol]

no..skype sucks

[Catsmile]

Did the caller just say the s word?

Yes.. the "S" word!
Thought I was going to pass out when I heard it...
or maybe my corset is 2 tight.

[inuk2600]

The limiting factor has always been how quickly humans could go through development cycles, considering the economics of marketing each new generation of technology.  As soon as artificial intelligence can design itself, those limits are gone presuming the machines can be supplied with enough materials and energy to keep them progressing.

That's a good argument and I agree for the most part, except the development cycle doesn't instantly disappear but it decreases on a curve. The human mind and conscience is complex enough to stump the artificially intelligent computer well into that curve. I don't think it will get there within the next 50 years.

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

That's a good argument and I agree for the most part, except the development cycle doesn't instantly disappear but it decreases on a curve. The human mind and conscience is complex enough to stump the artificially intelligent computer well into that curve. I don't think it will get there within the next 50 years.

I agree that technology predictions usually tend to be a little ambitious and underestimate complexities.  I really wouldn't be willing to give a time scale, personally.

[Gumby, Dammit]

Watch the video.

Yes. We're living in a cartoon.

[norland2424]

LOL no caller we wont become zombies :