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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by ben_w on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:32AM (#36535603)
> flying cars,

Helicopters. Also a bajillion startups that charge 100k, currently iterations are basically human sized quadcopters.

Not sure how relevant any of that is though, as I was specifically writing about AI…

> self driving cars,

I tagged #4 already

> brain interfaces, 3D printed organs, fusion power, humanoid robots.

All #2, IMO, with a few that might count as a #3 technically but not being good enough to deserve it.

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Re:The Darwinian argument for worrying about AI by pfsalter on Saturday July 01, 2023 @06:28AM (#36548619)
I'd say that none of these have been proved to be impossible but they're hard in a different way than a lot of the developments we're used to because of Moore's Law.
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