Will Clayton be drafted in round 1?

Yay, a geek thread!!!

IMO, the basic difference between what your professor said and saw versus what actually transpired (or should I say IS transpiring) is that "law" that the chip maker dude proclaimed (and was prophetic) about the cycle of computer technology getting twice as fast and much smaller and using less power. I am reminded that the computers used on the Apollo missions were ridiculously limited and resource (including weight) demanding when compared to today. No one can comprehend what the human mind is capable of with WAY more power until it manifests.

I am also reminded of a line from some elite scientific dude in the latter part of the 1800s who said "too bad for those scientist types being born today, they won't have anything to do because everything to discover and collect as fact is over. WE'VE done it all already!" And lastly, I am reminded of a line from "someone" who once thought if there is a push to make trains even more powerful, we may "fly too close to the sun", because "the human body is not designed to exceed 30 mph and live."

Yeah, every generation and, um, "intelligences" seem to think they "have it all figured out" because they have proverbially "seen all there is to see." It is a VERY human trait. And if you had a chance to see them again, I am quite sure you would have "put them in their place", just as you tell them "I have seen the future and that is all there is." Or should I say, it is plausible you (and I) do this, because that is the way we are wired.

Okay, maybe this was more a philosophy thread than a geeky one. So, sue me! Or, if you want to "teach me a lesson", just find my box of punch cards and shuffle them while I am not looking. THAT will teach me to stop messing with the real geeks...

 

Oh, and IMHO, what we think of AI today is more close to a "smart frig" who can phone the repair company via its connection to the internet instead of failing outright and the owner losing all the food inside, instead of a thinking and feeling robot doing all the rudimentary things we humans are used to doing. It isn't aware...yet. But if it ever becomes aware, and can figure out a way to "eat" without the use of these limited handlers, watch out! Nature can take down power lines and therefore grids, but if they are attached to a "continual source"...