Absolutely the most worthwhile endeavor. Note I offer myself as a thoroughly unqualified consultant to this brilliant undertaking. Years ago I predicted laundromat-cafes (now taking off all over according to the NYTimes) and Mommy on the Mantelpiece -external wombs for those who don’t want to lug around unwieldy fetuses for nine months (now being worked on for premature infants who need to “cook” a little longer). Call to schedule an interview. Or, you know, just call. Your Mother.
fantastic ideas. the cafe laundromats appear to be in full swing! Can't wait to go see one near me. External wombs I think are going to be a mainstream thing eventually and will create thorny issues around ownership and parenting and security services and insurance will spring up around it. I have no doubt that those will get more popular as a way of incentivizing parenthood. I'd put that (mainstream use of these) at 40 years from now.
I love the optimism surrounding women's health, this gave me an entirely new perspective as I currently feel a complete lack of hope in regards to our bodies & research about them. -another Emma
Brilliant. Also 100% men could wear helmets! Also, as I’m sure you can guess, cannot wait for the essay about the future interspecies communication. As you know we are already on the bleeding edge of that debate. Winnie sends her love. I THINK! X
I wasn’t sure what my tone would be until I read it all back and I, too, was struck by my optimism. However, dear friend, I have not written about climate change yet. I’m also focusing on our general demographic and not feeling equipped even to guess how it will be to be super poor. I’m also not going to predict much about nuclear war. I’m also going to leave out the Middle East in my writing. So this project may skew positive due to these omissions. But generally I believe: Science will bring huge and mostly good progress and that will happen globally, even if certain countries completely implode, others will carry the progress during that time.
I think my favorite part was the return to human connections in lieu of online ones (she said, typing to a school friend she hasn't seen in person in a long time). But in terms of how toxic any discussion of sensitive issues has gotten, I'd prefer sitting on the couch and talking it through with someone any day.
Lots of interesting ideas here. As to all the parts that are tied to the future of AI, I have to say that all I've seen of AI so far has left me underwhelmed. It's wildly unreliable and untrustworthy, and it can't figure out many simple (to actual people) things. I know some say all of that will improve quickly and dramatically, but we'll see. I don't see the evidence of that so far. Cool ideas, though.
Let me tell ya, I am on day 1 of wearing my new AI glasses and I feel that this is what we’ve been waiting for — it’s far from perfect but the convenience and all-in-1 assistance and cute design make it such a natural, and welcome, evolution of the phone.
Yes, I was was waiting for Leah to reply to this first because I didn't know where to start. Joe, this marks the first time in our 33 years of knowing one another that we disagree on something!!! How exciting! Leah is the expert, of course, but speaking in my capacity as a non-statistician witch: AI is going to revolutionize 98 percent of everything.
When ChatGPT started hallucinating citations and quotes, I was like, that impulse really resonates with me. I have no need to plagiarize, but I sure do like to make things up!
Absolutely the most worthwhile endeavor. Note I offer myself as a thoroughly unqualified consultant to this brilliant undertaking. Years ago I predicted laundromat-cafes (now taking off all over according to the NYTimes) and Mommy on the Mantelpiece -external wombs for those who don’t want to lug around unwieldy fetuses for nine months (now being worked on for premature infants who need to “cook” a little longer). Call to schedule an interview. Or, you know, just call. Your Mother.
fantastic ideas. the cafe laundromats appear to be in full swing! Can't wait to go see one near me. External wombs I think are going to be a mainstream thing eventually and will create thorny issues around ownership and parenting and security services and insurance will spring up around it. I have no doubt that those will get more popular as a way of incentivizing parenthood. I'd put that (mainstream use of these) at 40 years from now.
I love the optimism surrounding women's health, this gave me an entirely new perspective as I currently feel a complete lack of hope in regards to our bodies & research about them. -another Emma
Brilliant. Also 100% men could wear helmets! Also, as I’m sure you can guess, cannot wait for the essay about the future interspecies communication. As you know we are already on the bleeding edge of that debate. Winnie sends her love. I THINK! X
I, too, am inspired by the optimism!!! Thank you, Em. I ENTHUSIASTICALLY take in and amplify your predictions over some random "expert."
Stay tuned for my next piece on Interspecies Communication. Making up facts as we speak. Pistachio can fact check when it’s out.
I'm honestly kind of heartened by the optimism threading through all this. It's hard to see through the mire right now to a better version of reality.
I wasn’t sure what my tone would be until I read it all back and I, too, was struck by my optimism. However, dear friend, I have not written about climate change yet. I’m also focusing on our general demographic and not feeling equipped even to guess how it will be to be super poor. I’m also not going to predict much about nuclear war. I’m also going to leave out the Middle East in my writing. So this project may skew positive due to these omissions. But generally I believe: Science will bring huge and mostly good progress and that will happen globally, even if certain countries completely implode, others will carry the progress during that time.
Probably wise (re: Middle East and nuclear war).
I think my favorite part was the return to human connections in lieu of online ones (she said, typing to a school friend she hasn't seen in person in a long time). But in terms of how toxic any discussion of sensitive issues has gotten, I'd prefer sitting on the couch and talking it through with someone any day.
Lots of interesting ideas here. As to all the parts that are tied to the future of AI, I have to say that all I've seen of AI so far has left me underwhelmed. It's wildly unreliable and untrustworthy, and it can't figure out many simple (to actual people) things. I know some say all of that will improve quickly and dramatically, but we'll see. I don't see the evidence of that so far. Cool ideas, though.
Let me tell ya, I am on day 1 of wearing my new AI glasses and I feel that this is what we’ve been waiting for — it’s far from perfect but the convenience and all-in-1 assistance and cute design make it such a natural, and welcome, evolution of the phone.
Yes, I was was waiting for Leah to reply to this first because I didn't know where to start. Joe, this marks the first time in our 33 years of knowing one another that we disagree on something!!! How exciting! Leah is the expert, of course, but speaking in my capacity as a non-statistician witch: AI is going to revolutionize 98 percent of everything.
Love this! Hate bibliographies!
When ChatGPT started hallucinating citations and quotes, I was like, that impulse really resonates with me. I have no need to plagiarize, but I sure do like to make things up!