AGI will be the biggest, and likely the last, technological prowess of humanity.
At this point, the most important focus of the world should be on ensuring that the transition to AGI happens smoothly.
This endeavor can be divided into 3 actionable categories: ensuring pre-AGI
@NobelPrize
A bit of a surprise to see a Physics Nobel Prize awarded for AI research. Although not completely inappropriate given that it is increasingly clear that AI-driven research will lead the next major breakthroughs in Physics.
@paulg
I rarely strongly disagree with
@paulg
but I do in this case. The beauty of English, French and languages in general come from the subtleties that can be captured by the different phrasing and the many ways to express emotions and ideas. The unrestricted quest for simplicity
@paulg
Even given this interpretation, I still disagree, although less so. This makes a lot of sense from a fully utilitarian perspective but much of human communication has more than the utilitarian dimension to it; and by gaining in simplicity you loss a bit in beauty.
Obviously, I
All other technologies will be able to be accelerated by AGI, and thus, working on anything that does not relate to the narrative of AGI is a waste of time at this point.
And I say that as a science nerd who admires anyone working on hard problems. However, pragmatically, it is
@SteveStuWill
Ironically, many of our modern capitalistic democracies have been influenced by Karl Marx. His ideas indirectly shaped numerous reforms, from labor rights to social welfare and significantly influenced modern Russia and China.
While pure Marxism has not found success in its
With this perspective, here is the list of technologies that are worth working on at this moment:
1. Pre-AGI Survival
- Climate: Prevent climate change-led extinction. Arguably secondary as the climate change timelines are so long compared to AGI.
- Defense: Prevent WW3.
Worldcoin is on track to become the world's largest digital identity and financial network. Paving the path for AGI. And on its way to reach over 1 billion users.
TFH is working on scaling the orbs, the device used to distribute Worldcoin, globally. We now are rapidly expanding
@sama
YC's impact on the startup world has been incredible.
Yet, I am eager for a deep tech spin-off focused more on high-impact moonshots and less on Saas.
@0xgaut
The funny and rather counterintuitive thing about Starlink is that you will end up with a much better internet connection in the middle of the Pacific than in NYC, due to the rather uniform distribution of the satellites.
@steviemctweets
Wrapper industries are a thing because new tech is often not user-friendly. Wrappers make it digestible and scalable.
Some other examples:
1. Search Engines: Basically wrappers around web-crawling and indexing tech.
2. Ride-sharing: Wrappers around GPS and mobile tech.
3. Food
@elonmusk
@DrKnowItAll16
I would really like the board and Ilya to speak up right now so that the public can get a better picture of what led them to make this decision. It feels like many pieces puzzle are still missing.
4 years in the making, we are finally live 🚀
It has been a long and arduous journey to bring such an ambitious project to life from the ground up
I am very proud to finally be able to announce that Worldcoin is live
I hope it will help create a more inclusive world
Just in: The Worldcoin community has grown to 6 million verified humans & the Worldcoin Foundation has announced an additional year to redeem reservations.
Implementing the auto-focus and dynamic iris capture was probably the most challenging part of this codebase. So many painful hours went into getting this code to work. This is what I spent the most sleepless nights on in the early days.
In the first few years, the hardware was
@SHL0MS
It is going to start feeling odd when your average NPC is going to have a much better insight on the world and life than the players themselves.
Of course, those categories are very broad and they utilize a wide array of technologies and infrastructures upstream; and these are, by transition, important too, despite not being listed.
@iruletheworldmo
Game theory disagrees with this. In a population composed of various behaviors, it seems that the bad ones die out over a few generations and the good ones survive. The key is to be good but not naive:
@nearcyan
I remember training one of those a couple of years ago on my laptop. Scarily enough, this has been possible for a while.
Even scarier is that it is even possible to extract the information from the windows’ microvibration; while being outside, from a relatively large distance.
Humans are like hot metal, flexible and adaptable at birth but hardening as we age. Keep your mind hot and fluid; stay curious and aware, as the alternative is to become brittle and unbendable - crystallized by time.
Your brain is a master illusionist, it often crafts an artificial sense of clarity when, in reality, a deep dive reveals major gaps in understanding. It has evolved to be adept at camouflaging irrationalities, often conjuring logical bridges with inaccurate explanations to keep
@alexandr_wang
Arguably Crypto helps with a lot of the world most urgent problems indirectly. Democratizing access to finance and money has the potential to improve many of the current geopolitical crisis. Especially in third world countries. But otherwise I agree with the above statement.
@iruletheworldmo
@elonmusk
AGI will be the everything app.
And hopefully it will be decentralized and not controlled by a single entity in order to benefit all conscious beings.
When discussing earlier this month with an advisor to a major Middle East defense ministry, he gave me the following prediction: “There is a 100% chance of war by year’s end, first in the Middle East, then globally.”
Besides the fact that Bayes would be rolling in his grave at
Go listen if you haven’t yet.
@tiagosada
@philzip
and
@reldev
do a great job at introducing World ID and explaining all the novelties that come with it.
Crazy -> visionary -> mainstream -> outdated
This evolution of the perception of new ideas is a rather common path historically. Except that recently this lifecycle has been getting shorter.
as promised:
if you ever change your mind after visiting an orb, you can now unverify your world id and delete your iris code
worldcoin is already the most private, open, and secure system of its kind and will continue pushing the envelope
@AriDavidPaul
I am sorry that you have gotten such a negative impression of Worldcoin. If you are open to discussing your concerns and engaging in a debate then I would be very happy to hear your feedback, understand what has made you reach this conclusion and adjust our actions accordingly.
Unveiling the new SMPC system, state of the art and the first SMPC deployed in production at this scale.
Iris codes will be deleted for enhanced privacy and security. This breakthrough in biometric template protection sets a new standard.
Congrats on the team. 🔒🚀
And as a