Darwin, Machines, and the Future: A conversation with George Dyson

Re:Darwin, Machines, and the Future: A conversation with Geo... by bumby on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:00PM (#24052000)

> As Dyson says, we’re in the middle of a Black Swan

It’s interesting to note that Nassim Taleb who coined the term “black swan” disagrees that the current pandemic qualifies. As he points out, not only was this predictable, it was also inevitable. We have literally made movies portraying it

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Re:Darwin, Machines, and the Future: A conversation with Geo... by op03 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @01:18PM (#24052217)

Also DARPA - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-a-secre...

There were comments in HN predictions threads for 2020/for the next decade etc talking about pandemics. The hive mind belches out some interesting stuff once in while.

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Re:Darwin, Machines, and the Future: A conversation with Geo... by Barrin92 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:26PM (#24054141)

Not to mention Gates who warned of this barely five years ago

https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_the_next_outbreak_we_re...

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Re:Darwin, Machines, and the Future: A conversation with Geo... by spaetzleesser on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:19PM (#24052902)

Agreed. Same with big fires or earthquakes in California. We know they are coming. We are just hoping they will come a little later.

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