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ZRhoREDD t1_j5yl5hd wrote

Ray Kutzweil predicted, a long time ago, that the AI singularity (when it becomes self-aware, or indistinguishable from self-aware) would happen in 2029.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Neivqp2K4
So, no, I don't think all of our predictions are very far off. Then again, watch the Jetsons. How far off were they? So ... some predictions are very far off :-)

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subhuman_voice t1_j5yrmi0 wrote

Mr Spacely popping up on Zoom just to yell at you

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isleepinahammock t1_j61bdhd wrote

Mr. Spacely demands you come into the office, even though your job consists literally of just pressing buttons that you could do from home.

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checker280 t1_j61ykdk wrote

“That Mr Spacely is such a cruel boss. This morning he made me press three buttons!”

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peter303_ t1_j61ip6w wrote

We still have 39 years until Jetson time. (Show written in 1962 to be a century in the future.)

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Ok_Sea_6214 t1_j62jcyb wrote

I, Robot was released in 2004 and is set in 2030.

On Imdb I once read a review from 2010 of someone complaining that this was an unrealistic timeline. Today it seems pretty likely.

Mind you the person didn't mention the fact that much of the technology in the movie other than robotics, such as smartphones, was already inferior to what they had even in 2010.

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jamjamason t1_j62nckd wrote

"We're going to put Cogswell Cogs out of business!" - Next year, probably.

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se7ensquared t1_j66hjyd wrote

>So, no, I don't think all of our predictions are very far off

How does the source you provided lead you to the conclusion that we're not far off? You really think AI is on track to become self aware in 6 years? Hope you're not basing that off Chat GPT, who can't even give me a correct answer to a simple programming question in 3 attempts lol

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