Recent content by ArtificialGhost

Not everyone chooses not to vaccinate. Children generally will only be vaccinated if their parents do it for them. The children aren't really at fault here, but they end up being potential victims too. On top of this, the more people that don't get vaccinated, the higher the probability that...

Yea. I'm not sure if it was a mass letter sent to everyone, or just the ignorant ones like me.

People alive today might be among the first generations of people to live forever. Or almost forever.

Do people consider these comics canon?

I got a warning letter in the mail. Prompted me to actually read the recycling instructions. Turns out a whole bunch of stuff I'd been putting in recycling is not actually recyclable.

You don't even need to wait. Time simply passes slower on the ISS. This actually has nothing to do with being in space though. The time dilation is due to the station moving very fast. A car that went around the world every 90 minutes would also experience the same thing. Interestingly...

AI wouldn't feel that, because AI wouldn't need to. AI is not a replacement for humans, but rather an improvement. Also, the ability to feel emotions and be conscious is magical in the true sense of the word. The ability to have emotions is not. Emotions are just chemical and electrical...

You are confusing machine learning with real AI. A lot of software companies call their machine learning software (think self driving cars, deep dream, those new picture recaptias, etc) AI, and this makes things confusing. Machine learning might be along the way towards creating a real AI, but...

I'm the exact opposite lol. Hate piercings, love tats. As long as they're well done tattoos, the more the better.

That's so crazy to think about. Something created by an AI that is better than it. It certainly seems to be a pattern in the universe though. Building increasingly chaotic systems.

To be clear, I don't think AI is meant to be a replacement for humans, or any life at all. It's something different. Not life. As such, understanding ourselves is not needed to build one. It will certainly be helpful though, simply because afawk life is the only thing capable of sentience so...

What if it were possible to make an exact copy of a person? Down to every last atom and sub-particle? This isn't possible with today's technology, but the concept doesn't break the laws of physics. So then, is this copy sentient? Does it have real feelings, or just pretend to? (not with...

Quick aside regarding that ridiculous video: Time travel is a logical impossibility. By the way, hollywood, please stop making time travel movies, as it is entirely impossible to make one without very obvious paradoxes, and this makes suspension of disbelief impossible while watching them...

If someone is willing to steal an entire vending machine for at best ~$200, why would they not just get a job... Or at least steal a more valuable vending machine. They probably cut a decent portion out of their profits with gas money too.