alt Hacker NewsThe more of this I see the more I want to spend time away from screens and doing those things I love to do in the real world.
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After a lifetime career in tech, I want to turn it all off.
Ironically, this brings us one step closer to believing the simulation hypothesis might be true... In which case, maybe there is no real world anyway ;)
Huh, yeah, the sky is blue outside and the sun is shining.
Although, I am feeling a bit lazy so let me see if I can simulate a walk.
I think this would be good for the people living in overcrowded, polluted and dirty cities in the world (let's be honest, they actually exist regardless of how that happened or why).
Maybe they can unplug from 500+ AQI pollution and spend time with their loved ones and friends in a simulated clean world?
Imagine working for 10-12 hours a day, and you come home to a pod (and a building could house thousands of pods, paid for by the company) where you plug in and relax for a few hours. Maybe a few more decades of breakthroughs can lead to simulated sleep as well so they get a full rest.
Wake up, head to the factory to make whatever the developed world needs.
(holy fuck that is a horrible existence but you know some people would LOVE for that to be real)
The more I see of this, the faster I want it to go!
I'm developing filmmaking tools with World Labs' Marble world model:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJCJYdGdpHg
https://github.com/storytold/artcraft
I think we'll eventually get to the point where these are real time and have consistent representations. I've been excited about world models since I saw the in-the-browser Pokemon demo:
https://madebyoll.in/posts/game_emulation_via_dnn/demo/
At some point, we'll have the creative Holodeck. If you've seen what single improv performers can do with AI, it's ridiculously cool. I can imagine watching entertainers in the future that summon and create entire worlds before us:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYH3FIFH55s
(If you haven't seen CodeMiko, she's an incredibly talented engineer and streamer. She develops mocap + AI streams.)
Most people don't have access to anything particularly nice in the real world.
It's reality privilege. Most of humanity will yearn for the worlds that AI will cook up for them, customized to their whims.
I love AI but I also hope it will paradoxically make people realize the value of real life experiences and human relationships.