ai doom debates comment Debate with Dr. Casey Hart

 

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the difference between bird wings and plane wings is that evolution cannot evolve materials and designs that are in principle unevolvable such as plane wings and engines.  When it comes to the brain, you could say that nature cannot evolve fiber optics or silicon circuitry, but the reality is that what it has is extremely constrained and what is evolving is algorithms that work within extreme constraints.  It remains to be seen that similar constraints to the material constraints apply to the limitations of evolution regards algorithms.   Because if similar limits don't apply the algorithms might very well be theoretically optimal like honeycomb shapes and atp are.

cool video about solar panel longevity

Very interesting video, seems solar panels do last longer than I expected.  This youtuber goes over an old solar panel his family had and how its still going, and the importance of location for the panel
 

Grok 4.7 test

 

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you know the game demos could get ridiculously better looking if they just implemented an ai image to ai 3d conversion to optimized 3d ai conversion pipeline.  AI image gen takes seconds, and AI image to 3d conversion also takes seconds, and iirc i think even ai 3d model optimization also takes seconds.

cool steam frame review on youtube

 

youtube video 50+ Insane NEW Ways to Use GPT-6 (Astra + Images 2.5)

 

cool youtube video by youtuber AI Samson showing cool uses of the latest open ai model gpt 6 astra + their latest image model

Comments on a youtuber's video about state of agi progress

 

1. There is crystallized intelligence, which is basically established knowledge and skills, and fluid intelligence which is the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills on the fly.   The problem with the current system is that while it can temporarily acquire knowledge and skills for new tasks at least simple tasks through the harness, it still cannot convert these to crystallized intelligence on short order like the human brain does.  a link commenting about the two https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/fluid-and-crystallized-intelligence

2. I do believe AGI will change everything overnight, currently we have proto-agi, it is superhuman in some areas and subhuman in others while having some levels of generality through crystallized intelligence.   The thing is with the current path; we will likely reach AGI that will potentially be superhuman at most tasks from the outset.   This means research in robotics, synthetic biology, and even ai itself will likely drastically be sped up.   Synthetic biology in particular is highly promising as many biologists do not have the imagination to see the vast potential that remains untapped with unevolvable designs, extremophiles have only hinted at its potential, cells have the potential to make part of a new era of self-repairing self-replicating technological and manufacturing base combining and exceeding the best of man-made products and nature, allowing for the use of cheap ubiquitous materials to provide unlimited energy and material abundance.

Cancer cures on the horizon

 

Sciencedaily:A naturally occurring bacterium from amphibian intestines completely eliminated colorectal tumors in mice with a single treatment by both attacking cancer cells and activating the immune system. The findings point to a promising new type of cancer therapy that could one day work against many solid tumors....Expanding to Other Types of Cancer

The study establishes proof of concept for using naturally occurring bacteria as a cancer therapy. Future research will examine whether the approach can be applied to additional solid tumors, including breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and melanoma.

The team also plans to optimize treatment methods through approaches such as dose fractionation and direct injection into tumors. Researchers will also investigate whether E. americana works even better when combined with existing chemotherapy or immunotherapy.

Interesting research, along with the moderna anticancer vaccine that was previously mentioned, and the cancer immunity research from lift biosciences.

All of these if successful seem like they might be able to treat many diverse types of solid tumors, including malignant ones throughout the body.   Both Moderna and Lift have already passed animal trials and are already in human trials, in the case of moderna some of the trials were successful recently.