Ok I have to disagree... Parasites exist, even if they are cruel in their inherent parasitical behavior, to contain populations and to feed their predators. Removing these worms might sound like a good idea but it is not. He might have whatever points he wants to give but he is just wrong...
"it used to be in north America too we destroyed it and nothing happened so we should eliminate it everywhere" I'm afraid you haven't thought this out as well as you think
What about ticks and mosquitoes They are really really bad to humans But humans eliminate other animals lions tigers birds ects makes no sense Its like they do more harm than good
All very exciting, but if humans are no longer in the loop, then humans are no longer in the loop. Your income is not going to multiply if AI has replaced you.
Politicizing vaccines is an issue that needs to be addressed before the next pandemic. Public response was atrocious, as many people listened to conspiracies more than scientific evidence based studies. Even after COVID the public is divided as politics has become divisive and common sense has become scarce. Since when are politicians experts on anything? Yet people will follow their rhetoric over scientists and medical experts.
A disappointingly shallow discussion of cryonics. Just superficial musings without an understanding of the detailed reasoning behind this procedure. As they say, whereof one cannot speak competently, thereof one should remain silent.
The problem is not a matrix of 20 dimensions in every combination, the problem is simply 20 one-dimensional controls. You don't need to know every position you can handle an object, you only need to control these 20 DOF to solve the problem. Grabbing an egg i adjust my angles to approach an object until it satisfies contact. And adjust the others until i have all fingers in contact. I'm not dealing with (ìn 1-100 range per joint) 100^20 degree of complexity but instead a simple array for each joint (100 × 20). IF the developer thinks like this. Unfortunately academics tend to dive into the most complex first while ignoring simplicity (the simple solutions). Current AI (including ChatAI) is simply Pattern-matching. This is a VERY DATA INTENSIVE method. Take a look at how we train a McD worker. We tell them a set of Rules to apply under certain circumstances. The Pattern-matching becomes important ONLY in the execution of an action (how to flip a burger). Now you use these patterns under the Rule (flip a burger). These rules are Data minimal. Stop at Stop Signs is a simple rule taking little data to execute. The Rule doesn't care the skill of the hand to execute that rule. we need to stop thinking Pattern-matching is the ALL of AI. it isn't and never will be. we can make a robot dexterous them give it simple Rules to accomplish (in its own way). Training your hand to quickly grasp a ball is Pattern-matching training. Telling it to "grasp the ball" isn't. we need to stop trying to use an infinite number of positions as training.
If history has taught us ANYthing by now, it should be that EVERYtime we *@ck around removing or adding species to/from ecosystems that it WILL _always_ bite us in the ass. It's happened _countless_ times, we let our egos tell us that obviously we must know exactly how all these variables will play out and absolutely nothing could possibly go wrong. Until it does. And then it's too late.
I am perplexed why this channel doesn't get lakhs of views?? like is there any other medium of website or Spotify or somewhere else where you market yourselves! cuz the long podcasts you publish and the level of guests you invite is phenomenal and quality of conversation is top notch!
There's another big issue with the "mind uploading" method. The "uploading" part, not just the "mind" part that was discussed. When you uploaded this video, it didn't disappear from your server/computer. Uploading only ever creates a copy at the new location. It would be fine if wanted to create clones/records of you, but it wouldn't work as a way of cheating death as the original that is providing the data would still very much be dead. A much more likely route of immortality through technology would be the "brain-in-a-jar" method where have support systems replacing biological systems needed to keep the brain alive. (there's already artificial hearts, lungs, pancreas..) Can then combine that with BCI connection to virtual environments/robot bodies to provide senses/autonomy. Maybe even eventually a synthetic biological body to control.
Had me until that last tangent at the end about factory farming. Feels like the "what about-ism" fallacy. You also have to factor in that bot flies don't destroy ecosystems, don't drive climate change, don't destroy local economies and small farmers, and are not major vectors for human-killing pandemics. Maybe both causes are important and they don't have to compete with one another to be addressed.
This video is specifically in regards to animal suffering. His last "tangent" was not a tangent. Those other factors you mentioned do not matter. He was merely stating that it is the moral choice to eradicate them and put that into perspective by comparing it to the suffering caused by factory farming.
GMOs at their finest!! There are efforts to do this with invasive mosquitoes that spread malaria, West Nile and zika. People balk at the term "GMO" but don't know what it really means and how much genetic engineering has and will continue to help the world.
If AI had to protects animals from parasites it would also end up trying to kill humans cause we do probably more damage to them than good, but hey they eat themselves and may eat us and wr do eat them too in a way everything is a screwworm some just happen to be herbivores...
We lost the screw worm and got chronic wasting disease. A much much bigger threat. Botflys used to keep huge deer heards in check and now with herds in the 400's we see cwd everywhere. Chronic wasting disease just needs to step into human infection which will eventually happen and then the tiniest bit of saliva is 100% fatal from even a kiss. Leave nature alone.
Even though you are convinced you could not have done anything differently, I am grateful you both had the time, effort and guts to explore this publicly. I think a mindset like this could be a incredible boon for children being reared with unrealistic expectations. On the other hand I am concerned what effect it could have on society's already low bars, e.g. excusing horrific behavior with "boys will be boys". Would there still be room in a society that embraces free will being an illusion, of holding people to high expectations, to suppress, at least on average, "beastly" behavior?
