I'm very impressed with how the speaker described AI. My hunch is the phrasings used were some of the best I've heard for explaining what is going on inside the learning process to those who haven't studied it in depth, though I'd have to focus group it to be sure.
re: suffering - I'd like us to establish a definition of what "pain" is that can, at least in principle, be generalized away from neurons. How do I know if a single celled organism is "in pain"? how do I know if an artificial neural network is "in pain"? the simple answer, "well there aren't nociceptive neurons so it can't", seems dissatisfying to me, but I don't have a better one immediately handy. Seems like pain ought to relate to the agency of healing somehow.
MetaMaterials about aviation propulsion and eletrical pizoeletric production of eletricity power! Super eficient solar panels with photocintezes capable of generating food to and clean qater at the same time AFFORABILATY! crisis manegemant
I didn't quite understand this, can you rephrase with more connecting words? Here's what an AI wrote when I asked for a rephrase of your comment, which is what I'll respond to: 1. Metamaterials are revolutionizing aviation propulsion and electricity generation through piezoelectric methods. my comment: I've heard of metamaterials in use in aviation, but I'm not terribly familiar; refs would be appreciated if you remember where you saw this 2. They can create extremely efficient solar panels. my comment I think I've heard of them in use in solar panels, also not deeply familiar. references would be appreciated! 3. These solar panels are capable of producing food through a process similar to photosynthesis. my comment: I haven't heard anything about their use in food production right now, it does sound possible but it's not completely obvious how to beat plants at their own game (photosynthesis) and my semi-informed guess is it would be pretty difficult. 4. They can also purify water simultaneously. He mentioned in the video that they're looking into using xenobots for ocean cleanup; I don't know of any progress on purifying water for drinking but these sound like maybe the most impactful thing they could be used for in that it's a good tradeoff of achievable and useful. Not sure of this, I'm more of a librarian than a researcher, but he did mention it in the video. 5. And the best part is, these technologies are affordable! The results might be affordable in terms of material. I suspect that the intellectual property would get captured and then the investors would demand that the results be sold at prices that don't permit wide use. 6. This could be a game-changer for crisis management. I agree that if we can achieve metamaterials that can pull off such things, we'll be in a good place. I agree that these approaches discussed in the video are promising for such research. I'm skeptical without further evidence that we're there yet, but I think someone going for it hard could get us there, and that this research might be a promising starting point.
I'm very impressed with how the speaker described AI. My hunch is the phrasings used were some of the best I've heard for explaining what is going on inside the learning process to those who haven't studied it in depth, though I'd have to focus group it to be sure.
re: suffering - I'd like us to establish a definition of what "pain" is that can, at least in principle, be generalized away from neurons. How do I know if a single celled organism is "in pain"? how do I know if an artificial neural network is "in pain"? the simple answer, "well there aren't nociceptive neurons so it can't", seems dissatisfying to me, but I don't have a better one immediately handy. Seems like pain ought to relate to the agency of healing somehow.
MetaMaterials about aviation propulsion and eletrical pizoeletric production of eletricity power! Super eficient solar panels with photocintezes capable of generating food to and clean qater at the same time AFFORABILATY! crisis manegemant
I didn't quite understand this, can you rephrase with more connecting words? Here's what an AI wrote when I asked for a rephrase of your comment, which is what I'll respond to:
1. Metamaterials are revolutionizing aviation propulsion and electricity generation through piezoelectric methods.
my comment: I've heard of metamaterials in use in aviation, but I'm not terribly familiar; refs would be appreciated if you remember where you saw this
2. They can create extremely efficient solar panels.
my comment I think I've heard of them in use in solar panels, also not deeply familiar. references would be appreciated!
3. These solar panels are capable of producing food through a process similar to photosynthesis.
my comment: I haven't heard anything about their use in food production right now, it does sound possible but it's not completely obvious how to beat plants at their own game (photosynthesis) and my semi-informed guess is it would be pretty difficult.
4. They can also purify water simultaneously.
He mentioned in the video that they're looking into using xenobots for ocean cleanup; I don't know of any progress on purifying water for drinking but these sound like maybe the most impactful thing they could be used for in that it's a good tradeoff of achievable and useful. Not sure of this, I'm more of a librarian than a researcher, but he did mention it in the video.
5. And the best part is, these technologies are affordable!
The results might be affordable in terms of material. I suspect that the intellectual property would get captured and then the investors would demand that the results be sold at prices that don't permit wide use.
6. This could be a game-changer for crisis management.
I agree that if we can achieve metamaterials that can pull off such things, we'll be in a good place. I agree that these approaches discussed in the video are promising for such research. I'm skeptical without further evidence that we're there yet, but I think someone going for it hard could get us there, and that this research might be a promising starting point.
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