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

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

#11
(More robotics, but if you'll accept it)

Workers of the dirtiest, least desirable jobs ( sewage, septic cleanup?) get paired with a robot that handles the dirty work.

No job loss, critical infrastructure remains, just less toil for the human.

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

#13
It's not "black" because it's bad. It's black because it's a turned-off screen, which has a black colors. Black Mirror stories are bad because the Mirror reflects bad/broken people, not because the mirror is is bad. A White Mirror would be a screen that is turned on, but also reflects images.

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

#14
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.

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

#15
Maybe this sounds a bit sad, but I'm personally super excited for when something like copilot turns into a full-on coversational code friend / assistant.

I see it being super productive to always be pair programming with an AI, and not have to type every command out... or better yet, that it provides suggestions without me needing to prompt it to do so, thereby giving this feeling that I'm just hanging out with someone and doing a more traditional pairing session

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

#17
AI Financial management assistance, Healthcare price comparisons, Insurance, and cost saving systems - AI will be much better at navigating the complicated world of finance than the average person, will probably be a great improvement for most people

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

#18
It'd have to be something like AI both solves climate problems while making it profitable to do so. I'm not talking about greenwashing, but using machine learning to solve hard science problems and tying them to economic benefit. Dear AI overlord, I'm trying to start a new business and this is my idea… Dear valued chat user, your business can be 125% more profitable if you can address this climate problem as these 3 VCs are ready to unload dump trucks of cash into the space.

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

#19
post #13

It's not "black" because it's bad. It's black because it's a turned-off screen, which has a black colors. Black Mirror stories are bad because the Mirror reflects bad/broken people, not because the mirror is is bad. A White Mirror would be a screen that is turned on, but also reflects images.

Yeah op yikes to jumping to 'black = bad, white = good' metaphor space. What is wrong with you?

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

#20
In a distant sense, I find the Culture series of novels to be an inspiring vision of the future. People develop AI and technology to master nature on a planetary scale, and largely live peaceful, happy lives.

In a nearby sense, I am inspired every time I do random household chores, by thinking that maybe AI and robots will be able to do this soon. Folding clothes, picking up toys, putting things away where they go, cooking dinner, putting the dirty dishes into the dishwasher, putting the clean dishes away on the shelves, taking out the trash, driving to the corner store to pick up a fresh baguette.

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