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Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by phkahler »

cubefox wrote: post #98
AbrahamParangi wrote: post #77

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What exactly is your definition of a AGI? Because we’re already passing the Turing test, and so I have to wonder if this isn’t just moving the goalposts.

ChatGPT (instruction tuned autoregressive language models) indeed already seems quite general (it's good at conversation Turing tests without faking it like ELIZA), even if the absolute intelligence is limited. Level of generality and intelligence is not the same. Something could be quite narrow but very intelligent (AlphaGo) or quite general but dumb overall (small kid, insect). Okay, ChatGPT is only text-to-text, b…

>> I think one missing step is to fuse training and inference regime into one, just as in animals.

This has always been an important missing piece. Without it ChatGPT is just a natural language interface to the information it was trained on. Still useful but unable to learn (aside from context).

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by incrudible »

ImHereToVote wrote: post #67
hirundo wrote: post #46

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We're as much a part of the planet as its rocks, and we care. You could say that your bones don't care, but the organism that is you cares. In the same way the planet cares through the subsystem that includes us even if its rocks don't care. You're right if you define a planet as its rocks, and would also be right to assert that humans don't care if you defined a human as its skeleton.

I think you might have answered the wrong person by mistake.

Who cares?

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by p_j_w »

falcor84 wrote: post #103
maximinus_thrax wrote: post #96

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> Starships Where? Humanity does not have the capability to travel between planetary systems.

I assumed the parent was referring to SpaceX's Starship [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

Starship isn’t an actual starship, though.

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

BurningFrog wrote: post #88
nelox wrote: post #24

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It is probably too late with record high temperatures, every few years, for centuries to come.

Temperatures can be lowered by pumping SO2 into the stratosphere. The effects are well understood. The practical details should be figured out in a decade or so. The political side may be harder. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/07/su...

> The effects are well understood.

Are they all understood? Sure, it seems like a rational suggestion, and we know that if we add it to the atmosphere it should cool, but what other effects will it cause? How many times have we tried this trick where we introduce something new to an environment and it doesn't turn out like we'd like it to? Feels like we're hoping to apply a band-aid but not deal with the wound.

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by GeorgeTirebiter »

glimshe wrote: post #82
azinman2 wrote: post #73

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We’re not getting AGI anytime soon…

We could, we're not there yet but at the current rate we could be less than 10 years away from it.

Hinton says we could very well be less than 5 years away: https://youtu.be/rGgGOccMEiY

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by phkahler »

BurningFrog wrote: post #84
submeta wrote: post #79

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Perhaps these rapid advancements are an indication that we've been visited by, or are currently under the guidance of, a significantly more advanced civilization. /s

Or that the advanced civilization holding us down has left.

We are in a tech war with China, so the BTC opened up a bit.

That's a reference to "Influx" a book where the Bureau of Technology Control grabs all the great stuff and keeps it secret because humans are unable to handle it.

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by incrudible »

hidelooktropic wrote: post #92
bedhead wrote: post #58

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No group of people are literally more miserable than the conspiracy theory climate doomsday cult.

"Conspiracy"? Who is theorized to be conspiring to create climate change?

Big oil, which surely must have paid off everyone who entertains the thought that perhaps we can not Just Stop Oil.

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by luma »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #49
ImHereToVote wrote: post #22

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I doubt the extinction of the human race via a runaway technological event will turn the planet into a wonderland paradise for the rest of the species that inhabit our planet. The planet itself, being a rock, doesn't care, at all.

If room temp superconductivity leads to a practical fusion reactor, a good portion of earth destruction for energy development will end. Starting to fix things first involves stopping the destruction of things.

We already have SC (if expensive to run), how does room temp SC make fusion possible where it wasn’t before?

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by luma »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #114
BurningFrog wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Temperatures can be lowered by pumping SO2 into the stratosphere. The effects are well understood. The practical details should be figured out in a decade or so. The political side may be harder. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/07/su...

> The effects are well understood. Are they all understood? Sure, it seems like a rational suggestion, and we know that if we add it to the atmosphere it should cool, but what other effects will it cause? How many times have we tried this trick where we introduce something new to an environment and it doesn't turn out like we'd like it to? Feels like we're hoping to apply a band-aid but not deal with the wound.

Cool, then what practical solution do you propose? Wait around while things get worse?

Re: A New Mode of Cancer Treatment

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Post by phkahler »

highwaylights wrote: post #104
gregschlom wrote: post #97

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Fusion energy will have to wait for 2024 though

2022. We’ve just forgotten because there’s been a lot going on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility

That doesn't count since there is no way to harness the energy. In that sense we've had H-bombs for 60+ years.
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