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Ask HN: AI “white mirror” – what are some inspiring future visions you've seen?

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Post by tikkun » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 4:29 PM UTC

We have black mirror. But no white mirror, yet (Microsoft/OpenAI, this could be a cool thing to do ).

What are some of the best inspiring visions of the future you've seen?

Both distant ones, as well as ones that could be possible within ~1-2 years

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#2

Post by notmindthegap » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 4:42 PM UTC

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 of knowing their baby is being intelligently monitored. Existing baby monitors are way more noise than signal.

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Post by chillel » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 4:48 PM UTC

notmindthegap wrote: post #2

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…

no thank you

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Post by ajkjk » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 4:56 PM UTC

notmindthegap wrote: post #2

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…

That's 100% black mirror, not white mirror. Babies being raised by machines is dystopian as hell.

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Post by nixpulvis » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 4:58 PM UTC

notmindthegap wrote: post #2

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…

Batteries die and the parents are left without a clue how their child actually operates. They've been playing real life tamagotchi while their newborn evolves into an alien.

Funny, babies are also way more noise than signal >.<

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Post by mistermann » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

I anticipate AI will slowly start to be realized to reveal the nature of not only human language, but also human cognition, which may lead to us starting to become more self-aware as individuals and a species......like, if we happened to somehow have accurate historical statistics on the matter, we'd see major jumps on the chart representing significant events in history (invention of the printing press, the first enlightenment and rise of science / retreat of religion, etc), and this event will (possibly) turn out to be another instance of the relatively rare phenomenon.

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Post by phpnode » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 5:00 PM UTC

I think AI-assisted healthcare is inevitable and will probably offer the biggest improvement in the general population's health for decades, it will focus on disease prevention and flagging up those early warning signs that most people don't usually notice

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#8

Post by brucethemoose2 » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 5:01 PM UTC

I think generative AI is going to created a modding and fanwork renaissance.

Mega game mods are seemingly bottlenecked by art, textures, voice acting and such, and fanworks outside of gaming have similar constraints. And the legal issues surrounding these models arent an issue for them.

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#9

Post by heyflyguy » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 5:01 PM UTC

AI service or feature that find common ground and rephrase concerns to help people find agreement.

In this contentious world we live in, I feel like all we really need is a little more love for our common earthbound inhabitants.

This could work for neighborly disagreements or even bigger stuff.

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Post by notmindthegap » Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 5:02 PM UTC

ajkjk wrote: post #4

notmindthegap wrote: post #2

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…

That's 100% black mirror, not white mirror. Babies being raised by machines is dystopian as hell.

Baby isn't being raised by a machine. How is this different from a crib mobile (for entertainment) + video monitor?