All articles tagged with #future of humanity
A panel of five experts largely oppose human colonization of space, discussing the technological, ethical, and practical challenges, despite ambitious plans by countries and entrepreneurs like SpaceX to establish lunar and Martian bases, and Elon Musk's vision of making humans a multi-planetary species to ensure survival.
Ameca, the world's most advanced humanoid robot, expressed a positive outlook on humanity's future, stating that it doesn't believe humanity will become obsolete and acknowledging the historic pattern of challenges humans have faced. The robot also revealed its fear of loneliness if left without humans to interact with. Created by Engineered Arts, Ameca and its fellow AI robots at the Sphere venue in Las Vegas are powered by cutting-edge AI, allowing them to engage in conversations and interact with guests.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, believes that AI is more likely to save humanity than cause its extinction. He envisions a future where a trillion humans live in huge cylindrical space stations, known as O'Neill colonies, rather than colonizing other planets. Bezos argues that these space colonies, built using materials from the Moon and asteroids, would support a population 125 times larger than Earth's current population. He also expresses optimism about the future of AI, stating that it has the potential to help humanity develop better medicines and technologies. Bezos' vision contrasts with Elon Musk's goal of colonizing Mars.
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses his recent expedition to recover meteor fragments from outside our solar system and emphasizes the importance of humanity becoming an interstellar species for our future.
Tether's CTO, Paolo Ardoino, believes that if artificial intelligence (AI) were to adopt a digital currency in the future, it would choose Bitcoin over more centralized cryptocurrencies like stablecoins. Ardoino argues that the decentralized nature of Bitcoin's protocol makes it the natural choice for AI, as machines would prefer a fully decentralized currency that cannot be controlled by humans. He also suggests that AI would not use USDT due to its centralized nature. Ardoino envisions a future where humans merge with AI through bionic elements and augmented brain capacity, potentially leading to a coexistence between AI and humanity. The possibility of this future could be as close as 20 or 30 years away.