Which scientific, technological, or social achievements are we unlikely to ever complete before artificial general intelligence arrives?

Examples to seed the discussion: fully mapped human brain at synapse-level, reliable molecular nanofabrication, global economic equality, true interstellar travel, or a 100% cure for aging.

  • balsoft@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    7 days ago

    I feel like the modern civilization (or at least world order) is likely to collapse before we reach AGI. Either due to this:

    relevant xkcd

    Or due to the impending climate disaster.

    Or due to a certain orange person with alleged dementia nuking China.

    I don’t think humans will go extinct (not for a while, anyways), but scientific progress will be on pause for a while there.

      • 6nk06@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        All I see is somehow realistic science fiction. AGI is still a bullshit goalpost ever moving. The new AGI according to the OpenAI retarded CEO is “chat bot that can buy groceries,” is that what you were referring to?

        • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          OH they changed it from when we make X billions of dollars we well have AGI

      • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        It doesn’t seem to violate guidelines and was a view on the future. Imagine there was some hard reason AGI wasn’t possible with silicon. I really can’t think of a mechanism but that’s still futurism even if it doesn’t align with your view of it. It’s basically Dune (sure it’s fiction and the prequels kind of hinge on AI but the main novels don’t and are considered scifi which seems like a reasonable yardstick).

        That said, their follow up is pretty aggressive. I can see that killing community. So would their pessimism I guess but I kind of hope this channel isn’t only for soft sci-fi discussions as if they’re realistic.