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Comment Re:FOR MAGA ONLY (Score 2) 280

This has nothing to do with rationality.
Wind turbines have long been a hate object for Trump.
He has claimed that they cause cancer and that they ruin the environment, etc.

Meanwhile, despite being an intermittent source of energy, wind power in 2026
is used in 138 countries and capacity increased by 40% worldwide last year.

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1) 90

You do know that Musk plans to build a self-sustaining city on Mars, and that low gravity deforms the human body over time?
I would call it realism, not pessimism. If you take Mars seriously, read up on reality.

And no, this has little to do with Musk, just reality.
But Musk is known for his large amount of ridiculous exaggerations. It's almost his signature.
There are many lists of lies and nonsense online, which can be entertaining reading if you don't take any of it seriously.

"If you want to be successful in this world, promise everything, deliver nothing." - Napoleon

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1) 90

I've read more science fiction, fantasy, and horror than most, including most Bradbury and Frankenstein, the first science fiction novel. But while fiction can be entertaining, it doesn't necessarily have anything directly to do with reality. Even you don't think people fly on broomsticks after watching or reading Harry Potter.

Sad to say, but humanity is not going to become a "multiplanetary species" anytime soon.

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1) 90

Leaving the narcissistic personality aside, it would be enormously expensive just to get there, and then there is the question of how long it would take. That depends on the distance, which varies over time, but with today's technology it would take about 9 months one way, but that means traveling in a straight line through the sun. With an elliptical journey it would be nearly two years. And then you have to land and live on a planet that has a very thin atmosphere, low gravity and can get really cold, like down to -128 C. Everything you need to survive, water, food and fuel, must be brought with along. And then finally, people have to get back.

You should ask yourself the purpose of all this spending. Maybe research? Probably makes more sense to just use robots.

Comment Re:Elon said (Score 1, Troll) 90

He has said a lot of ridiculous things, like
"I want to make rockets 100 times, if not 1,000 times better. The ultimate objective is to make humanity a multiplanet species. Thirty years from now, there'll be a base on the moon and on Mars, and people will be going back and forth on SpaceX rockets."

Comment Re:AI generated art and music... (Score 1) 85

As for the article mentioning "talent, effort and creativity",
it's about that creating music of value is something for humans with an understanding of other people, and not AI.

I'm not really sure where you ended up, but I started with "Machines may appear to have human intelligence but do not, and are not conscious or creative.".
Being creative requires an understanding of the world, and AI lacks that, so perhaps we agree.

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