Which scientific discovery or technological advancement do you hope to see in your lifetime? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For me it's Open Source AGI not controlled by the enshittifying power of capital

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[-] A_A@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

A technology advance species invades hearth peacefully and solves all our bad problems.

[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

But the rest of the house is destroyed!? Seems unfair

[-] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

*but there's a tradeoff involving alien symbiotes or some kind of "adjustment" to our procreation process that is nonconsensual.

[-] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Is it considered a technological advancement to remove something which exists now and actively makes life worse? I'd like to remove "health insurance" as a concept

[-] leanleft@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

devils advocate: if the technology is not [..or quickly become] affordable. then sometimes, some of these hopes, are unrealistic.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

AGI?

[-] g_the_b@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Artificial general intelligence (I think)

[-] Gumus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

SAO / Matrix level immersive VR

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

FTL travel and human/animal hybrid genetic engineering to make cat boys and girls real.

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