Are you really making the argument that human flight hasn’t been effectively achieved at this point?
I actually kind of love this comparison — it demonstrates the point that just like “human flight”, “true AGI” isn’t a single point in time, it’s a many-decade (multi-century?) process of refinement and evolution.
Scholars a millennia from now will be debating about when each of these were actually “truly” achieved.
I’ve never heard it described this way: AGI as similar to human flight. I think it’s subtle and clever - my two most favorite properties.
To me, we have both achieved and not human flight. Can humans themselves fly? No. Can people fly in planes across continents. Yes.
But, does it really matter if it counts as “human flight” if we can get from point A to point B faster? You’re right - this is an argument that will last ages.
> Potatoes quickly became an integral part of Irish life, so essential to the food systems of the island that when a blight hit them in the mid-1840s it led to one of the most devastating famines in history. The failure of the potato crops created starvation and emigration so profound in scale that the population of the island still has not recovered to its 1845 level almost two centuries later.
Ireland was exporting food throughout the famine, enough to have fed all of its people. The story there is one of economics and hands-off capitalism as much or more than it is about crop failure.
I don’t think capitalism is to blame in this particular instance.
As I recall, Britain arranged the Acts of Union so they could exploit Ireland as a cheap source of food, labor, and soldiers. The success of the Napoleonic Wars encouraged them to accelerate production by any means necessary. They may not have intended for Ireland to become a food monoculture, or anticipated its failure by 1840, but they certainly did little to remedy the situation their imperialism brought about.
Mulligan Post, Inc - On-Site near Millbrae BART/CalTrain Station in Burlingame - $60-120/hour Contract - Mechanical Design Engineer / Mechatronics / Industrial Automation.
Software hacker seeking hardware hacker to make custom robots for Magic: The Gathering automated storage and retrieval system to power an online e-commerce store (think CardKingdom competitor or eventual TCGPlayer competitor.) In terms of scale, the eventual target is >100k different _skus_, million items in inventory, tens of thousands picks per day. The industry is large; eBay bought TCGPlayer for $300M about 3 years ago.
I am looking for a mechanical/electrical/hardware generalist to complement my software expertise. Someone who knows how to integrate off the shelf parts into custom automation to solve problems. If fast iterations, direct connection with the project in use, autonomy and minimal bullshit overhead appeals to you then this could be a great fit. You are: someone who makes stuff and solves problems, is a clear communicator and fast study. You know how to challenge a requirement, source an off-the-shelf-part or design custom manufacturable part and when to do each. I don't really care where or when or what your degree is in if you have demonstrated driving things to completion and we vibe well enough.
We will use OnShape (license/seat will be provided) for collaboration and document management reasons. Much of what we need to build is integrating FUYU linear rails, Clearpath motors, pneumatics with some custom Send Cut Send / Xometry parts, 8020 frames, etc.
Pros: Small team / minimal overhead and wide scope. Clear guidance on what to build. Flexible-ish schedule (core hours 9-5 in office, flexibility for school breaks, etc.) Real problem with established market.
While I'm primarily looking for a contractor for now, I am open to the possibility of bringing the right person on full-time with equity if they are interested and invested in the space, but that is not a requirement and it probably makes sense to establish that after working together for a bit.
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FI is more valuable than RE. After three years or so I got the itch again and decided to self fund my own thing. Also looking back on around 10 years ago more fondly..
Yeah; I've heard a few people say versions of you get bored if you retire early, and I've soon to be retirees talk about how the people they know who retired to go do nothing just wasted away.
I like tech; my challenge now is finding a gig with interesting work and a good work-life balance and p75 pay. That, and knowing when I actually have enough net worth to have more freedom. The problem is you never think it's enough, but not because of greed, but because of fear.
I know a lot of people who retired early and are not bored. I know other people who went back to work (not always the same job) just because they needed something to do. People are different. If you need a boss to keep you busy doing something then you shouldn't retire. If you can find plenty of things to do in life (hobbies, travel...) then you can retire. Without knowing you I can't say what is right.
Of course your job/boss matters. Some are worse than others.
Now I never get bored. Things have changed, but yeah, boredom used to be a real thing that people experienced no matter what their personality traits were.
You seem to be implying that the internet has cured boredom, yet there are plenty of people that claim to be bored regardless. I'm from pre-internet as well, and have never suffered from boredom, so your absolute statement just isn't true.
Haha I'm old! Several up/down-votes and your comment... I guess I struck a nerve? I speak from experience, and I know other people who feel the same way. We may not be typical, but we exist.
At least you could have the decency to debate my comment instead of a feeble insult. My condolences.
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