• over_clox@lemmy.world
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    Why do we humans even think we need to solve these extravagantly over-complicated formulas in the first place? Shit, we’re in a world today where kids are forgetting how to spell and do basic math on their own, no thanks to modern technology.

    Don’t get me wrong, human curiosity is an amazing thing. But that’s a two edged sword, especially when we’re augmenting genuine human intelligence with the processing power of modern technology and algorithms.

    Just because we can, doesn’t necessarily mean we should. We’re gonna end up with a new generation of kids growing up half dumb as a stump, expecting the computers to give us all the right answers.

    Smart technology for dumb people…

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      Why do we humans even think we need to solve these extravagantly over-complicated formulas in the first place? Shit, we’re in a world today where kids are forgetting how to spell and do basic math on their own, no thanks to modern technology.

      lol.

      All of modern technology boils down to math. Curing diseases, building our buildings, roads, cars, even how we do farming these days is all heavily driven by science and math.

      Sure, some of modern technology has made people lazy or had other negative impacts, but it’s not a serious argument to say continuing math and science research in general is worthless.

      Specifically relating to quantum computing, the first real problems to be solved by quantum computers are likely to be chemistry simulations which can have impact in discovering new medicines or new industrial processes.

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        Your responses to Herr Dunning-Kruger here were very patient and succinct. I learned from them so thanks for making that effort.

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      Why do we humans even think we need to solve these extravagantly over-complicated formulas in the first place?

      Because those questions could do things like cure disease or help us better understand the universe or a million other things

      Shit, we’re in a world today where kids are forgetting how to spell and do basic math on their own, no thanks to modern technology.

      Not because of it, either. This research isn’t really related to that kind of tech, either

      Just because we can, doesn’t necessarily mean we should. We’re gonna end up with a new generation of kids growing up half dumb as a stump, expecting the computers to give us all the right answers.

      This isn’t going to be for daily normal use, you’re projecting fear at the wrong tech

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        Ask a quantum chip how to cure a disease? Sure, let’s accept that as a possible future…

        You really think the chips actually understand diseases? We’re gonna end up with a whole new generation of people that have no clue how the shit works to begin with.

        Eventually it’ll be like “How do I trim my toenails?”, while the ‘intelligent’ system responds to cut your appendages off.

        Granted that AI and quantum computing aren’t quite the same thing. Does it matter? Future generations will have the ability to just ask a computer how to generate cure a disease…

        The machine gives no fucks about us, it’ll just as easily destroy us if someone asks the wrong question or enters the wrong formula.

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          Ask a quantum chip how to cure a disease?

          No, that’s not how that works at all

          You really think the chips actually understand diseases?

          Nope

          We’re gonna end up with a whole new generation of people that have no clue how the shit works to begin with.

          Projecting? Its very clear you have no idea how this stuff works, that’s for sure

          Granted that AI and quantum computing aren’t quite the same thing

          They aren’t the same at all

          Future generations will have the ability to just ask a computer how to generate cure a disease

          Almost certainly an impossibility