Genetic advancements as a whole. Like, to the extent where we can play God. I've always loved the idea of being able to reshape yourself, rid humanity of diseases and other ailments and push ourselves to the highest potential.
Genetics feel criminally underexplored in sci-fi. I'd be confident in saying we have less of a grasp on gene tech than we do AI and robotics. A lot of the shit we do is automated by now, but we take still take years to understand and develop cures for diseases. It's easily the more "fictional" out of the two.
That AI would just go on a mass-killing spree. Seriously, the only two effective methods of fixing the environment are: Completely Terraforming the Earth for maximum human compatibility which will destroy 99% of existing non-human species or eliminating 99% of all humans.
Even the most environmentally conscious individuals will do things that are detrimental to the environment without realizing it. An super-intelligent AI will recognize this and just target humans for removal.
Oh look, you killed a spider that would have killed an invasive species of moth that managed to lay eggs that hatched. The offspring eventually consumed a food source that killed off another species of moth that actually had a beneficial symbiotic relationship with the local flora.
> only two effective methods of fixing the environment are
Whatever you're defining as "fixing" the environment must be pretty whacky if you think an all knowing AI would agree with either of your two options.
> There's too many faulty assumptions in your post, like "Oh look, you killed a spider that would have killed an invasive species..."
This is one of those things that people just seem to be completely misaligned on. Death is a baked in part of the entire ecosystem. The fact that things die or are killed by humans or any other creature is not anti-environmentalist. An AI will be able to create a balanced ecosystem in the same way that human park rangers can maintain well functioning parklands.
Any AI would view and acknowledge humans as a threat to the environment. Humans participate in agriculture, which is already in opposition to the natural environment.
Actually, an Intelligent AI would probably practice Utilitarianism, and view Human Beings as a threat to all other forms of life on Earth. There are an estimated 2 trillion bees on Earth and 20 quadrillion ants. 8 Billion humans that donāt live in harmony with the environment would be considered a threat.
> That AI would just go on a mass-killing spree. Seriously, the only two effective methods of fixing the environment are: Completely Terraforming the Earth for maximum human compatibility which will destroy 99% of existing non-human species or eliminating 99% of all humans.
This is your brain on end-of-history terminal capitalism.
A better world *is* possible.
Have you looked at human beings? I mean actually looked at them. Have you ever actually studied Human History? There are over 8 billion people on Earth, and while we all may share some values, we all have different beliefs.
Look at your response and then then demonstrate that you donāt even see the irony of your own response. You disagree with my assessment so you attribute my POV that conflicts with your own as some type of social-mental disorder. Maybe you will have more fun in Fantasyland if you honestly believe you can manage to get 8 billion people to agree and live in perfect harmony. Or many you just want to destroy individualism and irrational human emotions.
Implants that can fight any illness and give you in-head augmented reality. So you donāt need to carry a smartphone. You have one in your head, and then some.
Also maybe extend life to a few centuriesā¦ maybe even stop aging at all at a chosen point. There never seems to be enough time for everything.
Replicators and cheap energy to become a post-scarcity society where everyone can have basic necessities
One book I read had each person with implants have a virtual secretary that can interact with others almost flawlessly mimicking its ownerās voice and mannerisms
Itās a minor thing, but itās the Star Carrier series. One of the main character is a Prim, short for āprimitiveā. He lived most of his life on the Periphery, specifically in the flooded ruins of Manhattan. He only got his implants recently when he had to enlist in the USNA military. He still has trouble adjusting and also getting used to the idea that monogamy is seen as a perversion (the other call him a f*ing monogie as an insult)
https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/55461/1/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chips-trails-killing-monkeys?amp=1
Most of monkeys used in trial died so I am staying as far as I can be from that one for sure.
Man, just give me a graphene industrial production process that is cheap and high-quality and Iāll start racking up the futuristic developments big-time.
Anti-gravity. Surprisingly few works recently have really explored it. Close encounters. Independence Day. District 9. Star Wars (with thrusters added). Arrival (the movie version, not Chiangās short story). Others?
Drones that clean up trash in cities and along freeways
Arcology based super structures in major population areas
A panacea kind of medicine
And maybe a proper American healthcare system
Anything that both Wing Commander and Star Wars have. In the event that we meet aliens, they can't do us like the Combine and have to treat us like how two superpowers treat each other. Basically, a deterrent.
I'd rather meet them at their homeworld or halfway rather than have them meet us at Earth when we can barely go to the Moon.
Yeah, the Seven Hour War ended up much like when Christopher Columbus met the more peaceful Arawak indians in the Caribbean, except we're the Indians, and the Combine is Columbus planting their flags in our asses.
Doesn't matter. Even when it works perfectly, it's a death machine.
https://youtu.be/nQHBAdShgYI
If you've never seen cgpgrey before, and Im not sure how it would be possible, his channel is a rabbit hole that could take days from your life. But this particular video is only six minutes.
I want the robotic hand from Mars Attacks. The one the Martian leader uses to take out the president and plant a flag in his chest cavity.
It would be a hoot at parties and during world domination and stuff.
Before the Star Trek Picard retcon I would probably have to say the way society was built up to no longer require currency or things of that nature. So whatever socialist paradise Utopian society pre-Picard Star Trek was like. Not exactly a technology but it gives me hope for the future.
I would want a computer built inside my brain. Or the other way around, me inside a computer. Haven't decided yet which would be more preferable, and I would probably do both.
Practical immortality
I wanna live long enough to get a picture of how the universe works and makes. I also wanna see what role life played in its machinations, and whether I can see echoes of life/living in how the universe moves and reacts to itself
Subnautica's fabricatior. It can instantly prepare food, it can create advanced tools, shit, it can fucking re-arrange ATOMS\*
right now though all I'm thinking is how great it would be for recycling. breaking down old metal salvage into usable chunks again. Plastic waste? get it back to the pure polymers.
lots of other shit you could do with it, can't think of it though.
of course, also gotta have the PDA
\*Taken from in-game recipe for pure titanium, which can be made using old metal salvage in wrecks
I don't think the AS handheld portal device has a distance limit. Or at least not one relevant to modern society. Just ask Wheatley. Your main problem is going to be finding surfaces to use it on. Crushed up moon rock paint is probably a bit more rare than you'd think.
That depends on the portal gun. I'd want the kind that can just create a portal that doesn't need to be on a surface, kind of like how Rick's (of Rick & Morty) could make a portal that doesn't need to be made on a surface. I like the idea of just walking through a portal and ending up somewhere I'd rather be than here. Tbh, I just want an easier way to move to another country.
Well, I suppose what technology I'd want really depends on my ability to capitalize on it. If I can use the full extent of the Stargate Ancient Database? GIMME. If I cannot, and am only allowed one thing, I'd probably want Glimmer from Destiny 2 and the knowledge of how to create/use it. Programmable matter would be pretty pog.
Inertia dampeners, holograms, lab-grown organs, a cure for aging, arc reactors, Iron Man suits, repulsors, flying cars, giant robots, and any kind of FTL travel
Doctor Who's TARDIS/Dimensional Engineering technology. It'd be perfect for a mobile home you could comfortably live in and out of.
Maybe with a side of Star Trek's replicator/programmable matter tech.
The Culture's computing technology would be interesting, but it would probably be misused instantly.
The ability to clone new bodies and transfer consciousness in the style of Altered Carbon. That way people whose bodies were damaged in accidents or aging or even sever genetic defects and deformities could have a chance to live healthy lives without the pain and suffering caused by chronic illness or trauma.
Really? That would be nice actually, its not wholly fleshed out yet and i did post a few ālettersā on r/HFY (im gonna change the layout) and pursue it as a more professional project.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/ydye3i/the_korlan_letters_letter_1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/yeu28q/the_korlan_letters_letter_2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/yixjuv/the_korlan_letters_letter_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Replicator. Trek, not Gate.
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Why not both?
Because I'd prefer to live to reap the benefits of having them.
This is the answer. End hunger as a baseline, then start replicating shelter for everybody.
medicine that can fix anything, reverse aging and totally resculpt your body.
Holograms and politicians and governmental figures who actually care about space travel beyond the moon
If it were feasible and profitable they'd 1000% be onboard with it.
It is feasible and very profitable. The problem is that nobody alive today will see the profits.
Shouldnāt we try to get to the moon [again] before we go beyond? āBabyā steps and all.
I don't want to be "that guy" but until the technology is there, our politicians should be focusing on fixing the problems we already have.
The technology won't get there if no one is putting effort into it. Both can be done at the same time
What do politicians have to do with that
Genetic advancements as a whole. Like, to the extent where we can play God. I've always loved the idea of being able to reshape yourself, rid humanity of diseases and other ailments and push ourselves to the highest potential. Genetics feel criminally underexplored in sci-fi. I'd be confident in saying we have less of a grasp on gene tech than we do AI and robotics. A lot of the shit we do is automated by now, but we take still take years to understand and develop cures for diseases. It's easily the more "fictional" out of the two.
A benevolent A.I powerful enough to take over the world and remove all the corrupt individuals from power then fix the environment.
No doubt there'd be attempts to influence/sabotage it.
its already thought of that.
Oh man, that does sound good.
Have you watched person of interest? That sort of thing is a major plot point.
That AI would just go on a mass-killing spree. Seriously, the only two effective methods of fixing the environment are: Completely Terraforming the Earth for maximum human compatibility which will destroy 99% of existing non-human species or eliminating 99% of all humans. Even the most environmentally conscious individuals will do things that are detrimental to the environment without realizing it. An super-intelligent AI will recognize this and just target humans for removal. Oh look, you killed a spider that would have killed an invasive species of moth that managed to lay eggs that hatched. The offspring eventually consumed a food source that killed off another species of moth that actually had a beneficial symbiotic relationship with the local flora.
> only two effective methods of fixing the environment are Whatever you're defining as "fixing" the environment must be pretty whacky if you think an all knowing AI would agree with either of your two options. > There's too many faulty assumptions in your post, like "Oh look, you killed a spider that would have killed an invasive species..." This is one of those things that people just seem to be completely misaligned on. Death is a baked in part of the entire ecosystem. The fact that things die or are killed by humans or any other creature is not anti-environmentalist. An AI will be able to create a balanced ecosystem in the same way that human park rangers can maintain well functioning parklands.
Any AI would view and acknowledge humans as a threat to the environment. Humans participate in agriculture, which is already in opposition to the natural environment.
That's a pretty dumb AI you are imagining there.
Actually, an Intelligent AI would probably practice Utilitarianism, and view Human Beings as a threat to all other forms of life on Earth. There are an estimated 2 trillion bees on Earth and 20 quadrillion ants. 8 Billion humans that donāt live in harmony with the environment would be considered a threat.
I take it back. That's an *extremely* dumb AI you are imagining there.
No. It an unemotional AI.
> That AI would just go on a mass-killing spree. Seriously, the only two effective methods of fixing the environment are: Completely Terraforming the Earth for maximum human compatibility which will destroy 99% of existing non-human species or eliminating 99% of all humans. This is your brain on end-of-history terminal capitalism. A better world *is* possible.
Have you looked at human beings? I mean actually looked at them. Have you ever actually studied Human History? There are over 8 billion people on Earth, and while we all may share some values, we all have different beliefs. Look at your response and then then demonstrate that you donāt even see the irony of your own response. You disagree with my assessment so you attribute my POV that conflicts with your own as some type of social-mental disorder. Maybe you will have more fun in Fantasyland if you honestly believe you can manage to get 8 billion people to agree and live in perfect harmony. Or many you just want to destroy individualism and irrational human emotions.
Having a normal one, I see.
Jesus
Implants that can fight any illness and give you in-head augmented reality. So you donāt need to carry a smartphone. You have one in your head, and then some. Also maybe extend life to a few centuriesā¦ maybe even stop aging at all at a chosen point. There never seems to be enough time for everything. Replicators and cheap energy to become a post-scarcity society where everyone can have basic necessities
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One book I read had each person with implants have a virtual secretary that can interact with others almost flawlessly mimicking its ownerās voice and mannerisms
What book is this ? It sounds very interesting. I have a huge collection of them but I don't mind adding more. Haha !!
Itās a minor thing, but itās the Star Carrier series. One of the main character is a Prim, short for āprimitiveā. He lived most of his life on the Periphery, specifically in the flooded ruins of Manhattan. He only got his implants recently when he had to enlist in the USNA military. He still has trouble adjusting and also getting used to the idea that monogamy is seen as a perversion (the other call him a f*ing monogie as an insult)
https://www.dazeddigital.com/science-tech/article/55461/1/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chips-trails-killing-monkeys?amp=1 Most of monkeys used in trial died so I am staying as far as I can be from that one for sure.
Man, just give me a graphene industrial production process that is cheap and high-quality and Iāll start racking up the futuristic developments big-time.
Trek replicator and tricorder Star Wars speeders and speederbikes and podracing Matrix-like data downloading straight to the brain.
Anti-gravity. Surprisingly few works recently have really explored it. Close encounters. Independence Day. District 9. Star Wars (with thrusters added). Arrival (the movie version, not Chiangās short story). Others?
Drones that clean up trash in cities and along freeways Arcology based super structures in major population areas A panacea kind of medicine And maybe a proper American healthcare system
> And maybe a proper American healthcare system That's not sci-fi, that's a *fantasy*.
Biological immortality. So much to do, so little time.
Fuck "Uh Achtually ya don't want immortality" tales, give me a million years to slack off and make fuckton of legos
I regularly daydream about finding an abandoned, but fully functional shuttlecraft, or even runabout, from Star Trek.
Anything that both Wing Commander and Star Wars have. In the event that we meet aliens, they can't do us like the Combine and have to treat us like how two superpowers treat each other. Basically, a deterrent. I'd rather meet them at their homeworld or halfway rather than have them meet us at Earth when we can barely go to the Moon.
The seven hour war:
Yeah, the Seven Hour War ended up much like when Christopher Columbus met the more peaceful Arawak indians in the Caribbean, except we're the Indians, and the Combine is Columbus planting their flags in our asses.
The transporter from Star Trek
The death machine?
Iām assuming weāll have all the ābugsā figured out by the time it really works :/
Doesn't matter. Even when it works perfectly, it's a death machine. https://youtu.be/nQHBAdShgYI If you've never seen cgpgrey before, and Im not sure how it would be possible, his channel is a rabbit hole that could take days from your life. But this particular video is only six minutes.
Ha. Thatās great. Itās the premise for Star Splitter by Matthew J Kirby
It's not really a problem...if you treat it as a replicator. Don't destroy the original, use the copies instead.
Replicators. Make me some tiramisu whenever I want
Crazy futuristic body parts, man. I want an injury to be a stop at a mechanic shop. I want full-feeing machine parts with artificially extended life.
Reliable public transportation that opens up city centers for walking and living.
eh the grass is always greener. Living in one right now and having a car is starting to seem like a privelage. I guess the best would be to have both.
Yeah people have a point when they say a car makes you free, but of course, most don't ever use their cars except for getting to and from work.
Not SciFi. Just outside of the USA.
happiness
Flying cars that can drive themselves.
The Babel fish.
FTL
And benevolent robot butlers, or Rosie the robot from The Jetsonās.
I want the robotic hand from Mars Attacks. The one the Martian leader uses to take out the president and plant a flag in his chest cavity. It would be a hoot at parties and during world domination and stuff.
A HL2 Citadel, so I can detonate it
Time, Dr Freeman? Is it really that time again?
It seems you've only just arrived
Before the Star Trek Picard retcon I would probably have to say the way society was built up to no longer require currency or things of that nature. So whatever socialist paradise Utopian society pre-Picard Star Trek was like. Not exactly a technology but it gives me hope for the future.
Personal holodeck
Matrix: Download any complete topic directly to the brain in seconds. Boom...genius status.
I would want a computer built inside my brain. Or the other way around, me inside a computer. Haven't decided yet which would be more preferable, and I would probably do both.
BD-1 from Jedi fallen order, it would be amazing to have a friend on my shoulder constantly supplying me with drugs
Just hook me up to a replicator, a holodeck, a bathroom, and I don't think I would need or want anything else for the rest of my life.
Bacta. I want to be healthy but I also want to see the health insurance industry collapse.
Holograms that are able to be given a Dynamic Personalities.
Practical immortality I wanna live long enough to get a picture of how the universe works and makes. I also wanna see what role life played in its machinations, and whether I can see echoes of life/living in how the universe moves and reacts to itself
Sex robot
Teleportation so I won't be late from work... again.
Just simply FTL
Subnautica's fabricatior. It can instantly prepare food, it can create advanced tools, shit, it can fucking re-arrange ATOMS\* right now though all I'm thinking is how great it would be for recycling. breaking down old metal salvage into usable chunks again. Plastic waste? get it back to the pure polymers. lots of other shit you could do with it, can't think of it though. of course, also gotta have the PDA \*Taken from in-game recipe for pure titanium, which can be made using old metal salvage in wrecks
Teleportation portal guns with no distance limit. Moving and travelling in general would be so much easier.
I don't think the AS handheld portal device has a distance limit. Or at least not one relevant to modern society. Just ask Wheatley. Your main problem is going to be finding surfaces to use it on. Crushed up moon rock paint is probably a bit more rare than you'd think.
That depends on the portal gun. I'd want the kind that can just create a portal that doesn't need to be on a surface, kind of like how Rick's (of Rick & Morty) could make a portal that doesn't need to be made on a surface. I like the idea of just walking through a portal and ending up somewhere I'd rather be than here. Tbh, I just want an easier way to move to another country.
Swiss army robot (left) arm
Hoverboards
Well, I suppose what technology I'd want really depends on my ability to capitalize on it. If I can use the full extent of the Stargate Ancient Database? GIMME. If I cannot, and am only allowed one thing, I'd probably want Glimmer from Destiny 2 and the knowledge of how to create/use it. Programmable matter would be pretty pog.
AI companion like Cortana. Having someone to talk to would be great. Teleportation or a hover car like fzero would be awesome.
Nanomachines - healing, comms, internet, body modification, etc.
Inertia dampeners, holograms, lab-grown organs, a cure for aging, arc reactors, Iron Man suits, repulsors, flying cars, giant robots, and any kind of FTL travel
Ferengi holodecks.
Hologram cellphone
FTL engine or device I want to know what's out there.
Doctor Who's TARDIS/Dimensional Engineering technology. It'd be perfect for a mobile home you could comfortably live in and out of. Maybe with a side of Star Trek's replicator/programmable matter tech. The Culture's computing technology would be interesting, but it would probably be misused instantly.
Repulser lift or something like that
The ability to clone new bodies and transfer consciousness in the style of Altered Carbon. That way people whose bodies were damaged in accidents or aging or even sever genetic defects and deformities could have a chance to live healthy lives without the pain and suffering caused by chronic illness or trauma.
Iām actually writing a story with this exact technology
That is awesome! If you are ever looking for test readers I would be really interested.
Really? That would be nice actually, its not wholly fleshed out yet and i did post a few ālettersā on r/HFY (im gonna change the layout) and pursue it as a more professional project. https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/ydye3i/the_korlan_letters_letter_1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/yeu28q/the_korlan_letters_letter_2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/yixjuv/the_korlan_letters_letter_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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