Hi dear @crypto.piotr.
Obviously talking about AI is and will be something fascinating. It's like being able to touch the future. Touch it literally.
With AI, the future stops being a hypothesis to become a thesis.
But I want to make a reflection that I can not stop bringing up. And it is motivated to a "catastrophic" phenomenon that we have just experienced in my country.
Venezuela has just suffered a Total Blackout. Zero electric power throughout the territory.
Regardless of the reasons that caused it, I can tell you that what I experienced made me remember that movie where Will smith remains only in a post apocalyptic city.
All the AI that we can develop, no matter how great we manage to do it, will be nothing without a supply of sustainable electric power.
Efforts should be channeled to develop IA with the intention of developing a self-sustaining power supply.
With AI you can study the electrical consumption patterns of a city and make the necessary adjustments to optimize the distribution.
Thank you @neavvy for bringing us this alienating theme.
Thank you for your reply @juanmolina!
Indeed, well said :)
I have heard about that. Really terrible.
I think this possibility of unplugging the power supply may be the only form of control over AI in opinion of many people. Equipping AI with a self-sustaining power supply would be definitely great for the AI itself, but I think it would cause a lot of concerns among the society (even if there are already plenty of them).
Anyway, something should be done in order to decentralize the electric industry and enable people to produce their own electricity. Right now, when electricity is centralized we are constantly at risk of such situations. Maybe blockchain is a solution?
That's really great idea, worth implementing.
Dear @juanmolina
Amazing comment. As always!
That news seem to shock most of developed countries. Seriously I dont think anyone ever expected that things could go so wrong in country, which isn't a warzone area.
Thx for sharing your view on that topic.
Yours
Piotr
In South Africa we have been going through 5 hours of blackouts a day, divided into two periods of 2.5 hours each, morning and evening. Solar panels and battery help but may be costly. Internet goes out, water pumps stop pumping on the farm so no drinking water. At least we can prepare and it is temporary. Not as bad as you guys though...yet.
So it seems that you also suffer with the supply of energy.
But I imagine that those cuts of yours are programmed. Here everything happens without warning.
By the time I am writing this message, a blackout has just occurred in almost the entire national territory. More than 57% of Internet users were without service.
The government already attributed the blackout to an attack of the political right.
Yes our blackouts are all organized and programmed so you know when they are coming.
If I may ask, when you say the government and the political right, who are you referring to? Is the new Juan Gaido your left? And Mduro your right wing politically?
I hear that the Americans are supporting Gaido and trying to force regime change, and sabotaged your water or power recently. And they try to smuggle in arms via food aid packages. Would this be your understanding, or how are things seen there?