48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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    Currently reading news and communicating with people around the world from the privacy of my toilet using my hand terminal. It can also understand what I am saying and excecute my spoken commands (to some extent at least). That’s some Sci fi shit right there. Pun intended

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      It’s seriously insane growing up on star trek and then seeing it come to life.

      Still holding out for flying cars.

      And warp drive!

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        I don’t want flying cars because I don’t want 95% of the people around me to be driving regular cars. Can’t even use a turn signal and now they have carte blanche to drive over houses and shit?

        The answer is mass transit. Mag-rail, not personal aviation.

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        Unfortunately the limiting factor on flying cars is the drivers. And the limiting factor on warp drive is the science not turning out to be a scam.

        I could see AI at least solving the former.

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          You forget that technological progression is typically exponential as developed technologies each help to advance each other, and our collective base of theory grows. I also feel like machine learning can tip that curve a bit like it’s currently doing in things like protein research.

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        I think VR + generative AI is a clear pathway to Star Trek’s holodecks. Imagine being able to just say “I want to play a game I’ve never played before, in an Amazonian rainforest”, and then the AI renders the game and environment for you in VR. We’re genuinely very close to that reality.

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      Currently reading news and communicating with people around the world from the privacy of my toilet

      That’s some Sci fi shit right there. Pun intended

      Well played, sir/madam. Well, played.

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      Wireless tablets were peak Sci fi at one point.

      Now we have the technology that I could make an e-ink reading tablet the size of a star trek TOS/TNG PADD, and it would probably have enough battery to last 6 months just because of all the extra space.

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      I had this thought recently watching a video about the Apple Vision Pro. If I saw some corpo in Cyberpjnk 2077 using that exact device, I wouldn’t bat an eyelash.

      Do I want one? No. Is it from the future? Yes.

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        I still find it a dream for the future.

        Do I want one? No. Do I want what it may turn into? I can’t wait to find out