I like to think I'd decline. Learning to properly evaluate evidence while writing a master's thesis in a hard science was a formative experience, and I strongly value making decisions on the basis of evidence and reason.
Beyond that, it blows my mind that anyone accumulates more than, say, $10 million and continues to work, much less becomes a billionaire. I would retire tomorrow at a far smaller net worth.
Absolutely. The number is so insane; it's hard to even contemplate. It reminds me that the "con" in con man stands for confidence.
My personal values are such that I don't think I'd get anywhere near the multi-billionaire level on the basis of believing my own bullshit. Chicken and egg problem.
Things got so bad during the great depression that the wealthy feared a proper revolution. This enabled the passage of the new deal.
The scenario you're describing seems a little far fetched, but if something like AI were to replace a large percentage of jobs with no ready substitute, I think that could lead to a scenario analogous to the great depression and the new deal.
Now imagine you are so wealthy that you are approaching something akin to godhood.
They remain mortal and still have to eat, drink, piss, and shit like the rest of us.
Jerry: So, George, how do I beat this lie detector?
George: I'm sorry, Jerry, I can't help you. I can't... It's like saying to Pavarotti, "Teach me to sing like you."
Jerry: All right, well, I gotta go take this test. I can't believe I'm doing this.
George: Jerry, just remember: It's not a lie if you believe it.
Please, someone help me if I start to believe my own bullshit to this extent. I really hope that never happens, but if it does, I hope someone calls me on it and that I listen to them.
I wish you would do paragraph spacing.
The following quote from GP
Some things don’t go away, even if more advanced forms exist
may have been referring to scriptio continua.
Right. I look for appliances to have one function and perform it well. I find modern GUI software to be unreliable and draw the line at simple embedded stuff in appliances... a touchscreen would give me pause (non of my appliances have one).
Wealthy Los Angeles house hunters have started shunning WiFi-enabled, voice-activated appliances
I don't know how that ever caught on to start with. It sounds expensive and unreliable. Not to mention some of these devices need to communicate with a server to function, and the companies that make them can shut down those servers for whatever reason: bankruptcy, cancelled product line, buyout, etc.
I wonder if Steven Wolfram, author of A New Kind of Science, will be disappointed by this result. He posits that studying computation will be relevant for new discoveries about the physical world, including fundamental physics.
Right. I want to short this so badly, but... what you said.
Quite. On the other hand, Gelsinger sounds like a praying man based on this quote from the summary:
"I want Zuck to care," Gelsinger said.
Substrate has already demonstrated its technology at the U.S. National Laboratories and at its own facilities in San Francisco, and offered some high-resolution images that show what it can do.
Experts told the Journal that the images are impressive, but questions remain about Substrate’s ability to print at the scale required for the mass production of chips. Indeed, many are extremely dubious about the company’s plans, noting that it would need to maintain the same accuracy shown in the images over much larger areas of the silicon wafers and run at incredibly fast speeds. Chinese companies have been trying for years to match ASML’s capabilities, but have not yet succeeded despite spending billions of dollars on research.
This story seems quite unlikely, at least the version with a connection to quantum computing. The story goes that a quantum computer with enough low error qubits could crack most common (non quantum resistant) asymmetric cryptography using Shor's algorithm. Asymmetric cryptography is the foundation of online encryption: HTTPS, TLS, SSL, etc. Used by banking and all the rest. Someone with this capability could do an awful lot of damage. Given the difficulty of building quantum computers, it seems unlikely today, but may be possible years from now. That's why they're working on post-quantum cryptography.
You may not know, but slashdot's very own gweihir knew 35 years ago that quantum computing was a scam and doesn't need to read any papers on the topic.
From comment #65750784,
I have heard the empty promises of QCs for 35 years now and it was clear back then that this will likely never amount to anything. I don't care what they publish. Factor a 256 bit number on a QC and I may care again. Before that it is all just a scam.
So let's stop with the quantum stuff, ok? All those scientists and companies and investors are all wasting their time. They just failed to consult a long-time slashdot user for greater knowledge on the topic.
Well, you have understood nothing, clearly.
But I have your number now: You are just an asshole with a gigantic ego and rather pathetic skills.
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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. -- Henry David Thoreau
