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Humans Are Not Well Designed
In: The Future By: Brian Armstrong
28 Aug 2010Can you imagine if someone made a robot that…
- fell on the floor and hallucinated for 8 hours a day
- constantly needed to be pumped full of dead animals parts and vegetables
- got addicted to various oils and lubricants
- had parts that were impossible to fix or replace
- day dreamed during work about other robots
- got heavier over time
- had about 4 good hours of work in it a day in between checking facebook and youtube videos
We are in trouble as humans I think. Once machines get smart we’ll be obsolete quickly.
The good news? About the time robots replace us, we’ll probably be able to upload our minds right into robot bodies. Cheerful thought for the day…
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jukurrpa
August 28th, 2010 at 9:20 am
> Once machines get smart
To get smart, machines will need to “hallucinate 8 hours a day”, just like a human.
Brian Armstrong
August 28th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
How so?
Tommy Nazareth
August 28th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I wrote about this topic just last night :)
http://www.connachucks.com/cybernetic-bellybuttons
Somewhere in the blend between humans and robots there lurks the shades of a truly amazing machine! Good luck in your endeavors to help us puny humans compete with the robot brethren.
Here is the obligatory XKCD link:
http://xkcd.com/203/
Chuck Cohn
August 28th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
This post reminds me of a movie I just watched called Echelon … it was surprisingly good. Similar topic.
Brian Armstrong
August 28th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Cool….looking for it, was it called Echelen Conspiracy?
Chuck Cohn
August 31st, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Yep – that’s the one. Enjoy!
James
August 28th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Wow, I saw this video two years ago. You couldn’t find a better an newer video than this? Way to go, you guys are really staying up to date on things! :p
Kunle
September 8th, 2010 at 3:45 am
I disagree. I think we humans are well designed, but not for unnatural activities like sitting in front of computer screens in constant state of stress for 8 hours daily.
reward
September 20th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Reading from the title “Humans are not well designed” already indicates lack of understanding. More so when I read the comparison of humans to robots.
We designed things although bounded but limitless.
Walter
September 21st, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Perhaps our weakness serves as our advantage. The more we cope with our weakness, the more we evolve for the better. :-)
Start new business
October 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Great post man but the is no comparison with the Humans Designed
Megan
October 21st, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Conversely, what if you had a human who was incapable of solving any problems he or she hadn’t been programmed to solve, who couldn’t love, and who had no reason to care about or for other humans? And who had no ability to generate independent thought?
That would not be a very good human.
Brian Armstrong
October 21st, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Agreed! :)