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I often worry about aa "The Machine Stops" scenario.

GPT AI actually gives me hope. What if we can store and run an AI in a phone-sized-device that is superior to a similarly sized library of books? Can we have a rugged, solar-powered device that could survive the fall of Civilization and help us rebuild?

It would certainly have military applications in a warfare. Imagine being the 21ct century equivalent of a 1940's US Marine on Guadal Canal who need to know some survival skills. ChatGPT-on-a-phone would be handy if you could keep the battery charged.



"Imagine being the 21ct century equivalent of a 1940's US Marine on Guadal Canal who need to know some survival skills. ChatGPT-on-a-phone would be handy if you could keep the battery charged."

Would it not make sense to learn survival skills...beforehand?

I would much rather learn survival skills in a controlled environment instead waiting until I need them and then whipping out the ChatGPT enabled phone for help...

Also, I don't need to have an entire library of knowledge with me, when a simple book of survival skills would be more than adequate...

I think pretty much every military in the world agrees with this.




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