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Something along the lines of a hyperintelligent/-wise and eternally benevolent super ruler AI perhaps.
Technology just magnifies what's already happening in society (occasionally it disrupts it). What are some good things in our modern society? I'm not a biologist but probably mRNA stuff or medicine that works with your genetic code to give you true immunity, cure chronic diseases, etc. Automation creating a post-scarcity environment where people focus more on expanding their freedoms and quality of life instead of wo…
AI would pretty much be the only way we can preprogram enough entertainment for an interstellar journey that works for every pioneer.
By feeding back their individual preferences and unique quirks onto tried-and-true scaffolding like Seinfeld or the Marvel franchise, we can probably more easily endure really long stretches of boring space travel.
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You're getting downvoted but I literally just got a memo at work last week reminding people to stop using the terms blacklist and whitelist and switch to block-list and allow-list.
Such a waste of energy and time to get upset at people using these words. Its not like using the word block-list and allow-list was the problem in the first place and using different words wont change anything.
AI babysitter for infants to supplement – not replace – parents. Captures audio / biometrics and responds to the baby with targeted music, positive affirmations, cooing, etc, to promote positive emotional state. Also notifies parents of states that require their intervention, like hunger, soiled diaper, abnormal vitals, inconsolability. Parents can take a break, watch a movie, entertain friends, etc, with the comfort…
And even then, you could keep in in your computer or phone, be able to talk to it and discuss problems with an intelligence that knows your life almost as closely as you do, but not carrying it with you all of the time.
IDK, I think that would be pretty cool even if the idea of robot nanny scares the pants off of some people.
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10 years ago I wrote my academic thesis claiming electronic medical records would fix these things too. They won't. An early warning system is useless if there isn't any funding for public health programs that could help people address said warnings.
> funding for public health programs Why do you believe the solution needs to come from tax collected revenue? If you had a way to make people live healthier, don't you think people would pay you for it?
* Energy so abundant it might as well be infinite.
* Instant availability (via replicator) of any food, with infinitesimal environmental or ethical concerns about its production.
* Universal translation.
* Instant diagnosis of injury or disease, and often instant treatment to go with it.
It's noteworthy that none of these involve robots, or necessarily even AI (though that might definitely help with the last two). To be honest, I'm not convinced those technologies will lead to more good outcomes than bad ones. Certainly not with the people currently driving and hyping it. I'll take the boring old physical-world improvements over that dystopia incubator any day.
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More effective
The effectiveness comes from exploiting the baby's primal recognition of the mother, which is why it's dystopian. Additionally, by "effective" you mean "the baby spends less time crying," which means that the parents are spending less time with their baby. So parental time is being replaced by an AI. I think it's fair to call that "being raised by AI."
AI babysitter for infants to supplement – not replace – parents. Captures audio / biometrics and responds to the baby with targeted music, positive affirmations, cooing, etc, to promote positive emotional state. Also notifies parents of states that require their intervention, like hunger, soiled diaper, abnormal vitals, inconsolability. Parents can take a break, watch a movie, entertain friends, etc, with the comfort…
Selling it as "free up the parents to do other things" is not going to fly. But enhancing the baby's experience or learning is fine. An AI-powered rocker that plays soothing music till the baby sleeps would be great. People already use rockers, it's very accepted. I would never have trusted a computer to be in charge of my infants. Even trusting another human adult is pretty tough already.
The one where we stop wishing AI or whatever other toy du jour will solve all our problems. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I don't buy your utopia, no matter the label. I guess my utopia is where people stop making utopias and start behaving pragmatically.