Is God A Mathematician?
I believe, if there is such a thing as a God it must be a super intelligent force who either wanted to have fun, experiment or just try out something new when he created this universe of ours.
According to scientists the universe is basically too perfect to be random.
Perhaps we live, as Elon Musks says, in a simulation, that everything already is computerised? I for certain believe that humans did not invent AI but that it was already here. It's the intelligence of the universe we just haven't yet been able to tap into it. We've been to dumb obviously. It's the foundation of everything.
Behind The Scenes material: Self Driving Bus
Met up with Forus PRT today in Stavanger which works on a pilot project for selfdriving cars/busses. We were able to try out the selfdriving shuttle bus they had. 20 kilometer and hour and 6 seats.. Hehe at least could see how it all works!
Would You Enjoy Living In A Metaverse?
Would you enjoy living in a metaverse? A life where you choose your reality at any time of the day? Where you are the designer of your own destiny? Where you're in complete control, yes, a life where you are the hero? A life where you have the power to make everything be like whatever you want it to be? And be whomever you want to be?
Through mixed reality tools it will feel real, you can go wherever you want whenever with whomever. Sounds like magic right? Well, futurists says it's a certain probability.
What would such a society be like? When the whole world gets connected to the cloud and come online in such a metaverse? Will it set humanity free? Will we no longer be trapped in our misery when we can fully express and be ourselves?
We will be able to escape our bodily limitations, yes, escape the worst jail ever made;
our biological body.
Well, whatever makes life more exciting and feeds my curiosity I'm up for it. And If we are going to live for a looong long time, even turn immortal it really has to happen. If not we might even die from boredom or commit suicide because of it. And we also need to get out in space, manipulate matter and crack all the codes of science then life is about to get really really exciting.
"A virtual-reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users." Wikipedia
One thought for you;
we can't prove that we aren't live in a metaverse already, can we? Perhaps we are and have always been just software? That this what we think is real isn't. That is all just simulation made by an advanced civilizations long time ago.
Well, we wont fint out before we get smart enough, will we?
Science is magic, magic is science.
What is real? And is real actually a thing? If it's all just simulated isn't that just reality then? What define reality must come up for debate sooner or later. What if all there is is a simulation? Or must there somewhere be something out there which is not then?
Hmm
One Love
Hate from one small group of people are starting to connect the rest of us even deeper and more profoundly. We are on our way to build a world connected by love. A strong community will develop by time and we just started walking baby steps towards it. I imagine a world without borders, a world were passport no longer are needed, no visas, universal health care, universal basic income, where anyone are welcome anywhere at anytime and more. A world where we are all trusting each other and approaching everyone with love. I really really believe that this eventually will become our reality. Perhaps it will take 100 years or more, it will come, unless AI is getting in the way for us first.
Week in Review - 4th of June
The world is bananas, even though we live in one of the best times in history and loads of great things are happening, there still is some crazy shit going on. There is always someone who just wants to mess up. Another terrorist attack happened Saturday evening in London... wtf? Just ten days has gone by since the Manchester attack (btw tonight there is the memorial concert with Bieber etc..) 7 dead and 48 wounded. I guess ISIS soon will claim the attack. Gooood, seriously. Wtf. As I write this I'm watching the memorial concert Arianna Grande put together. She is a great girl, going back to Manchester and bringing top pop artists with her, Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Pharell Williams etc. Its a beautiful concert full of love.
Not only that but this week Trump just decided to pull out of the Paris Agreement. Seriously, I have to laugh.. Out.. LOUD. At least Elon Musk made it clear that he no longer wants to be seen in the white house no more..
So what else exciting has happened?
SPACE
NASA’s First Mission to Touch the Sun Launches in 2018
Parker Solar Probe will be sent into the corona of the sun, NASA hopes to get some answers on why the corona, the top layer of the sun's gaseous atmosphere (visible only during a solar eclipse), hotter than its surface?
TRANSPORT
This is so inspiring and should definitely considered asap from other world leaders too.
India will only sell electric cars by 2030!
Poor air quality kills 1.2 million people in India every year, so clearly they finally had to do something.
HEALT & MEDICINE
These Color-Changing Tattoos Monitor Your Health, No Wearable Needed
A ban on human/animal genetic hybrids was just lifted. What if an animal is born with humanlike consciousness and intelligence? Wont let that happen will we?
ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION
The worlds smallest hard drive is a single atom..!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Is it time to redefine work yet!?
A growing number of people think their job is useless according to world economic forum. So, what is work anyway?
A new internet is already on its way
When will we be able to manipulate matter?
Was Jesus An Extraterrestrial?
Tomorrow it's whit Monday, another work free day and once more a christian holiday celebrating one of the biggest celebs ever in history. This time we celebrate pentecost, that the Holy Spirit came to the apostles.
For years I've been wondering; was Jesus an extraterrestial being with complete power of science? Because if you think about where our future is heading we will actually be able to do what Jesus did and more. We will become "gods" with the power we get when we can manipulate matter and play along with all that science has to offer. We will become the Gods of the Gods of the Gods Gods. If we manage to tag along of course. If we chose and are able to merge with technology and become supersmart AI ourselves.
So perhaps the human race took a left turn when we were visited by aliens, or actually someone outside of earth wanted us to move in a different direction then what we already where on.
My mind can think about these topics 24/7. Its so entertaining. So exciting!
What do you think?
Episode of the Week - Health
I'm all the way in the end. Interviewing IBM Watson, which I fucking LOVE.
I also did a podcast this week, which turned out ok.. Not sure if its worth a listen but if you want to you can check it out next week when its uploaded to our Office X soundcloud.
Friendly Turnaround
In 2016 my friend path took a left turn down on a waaay better road.
A spark kickstarted the whole thing (well.. it was the end of a heavy relationship), and it just escalated from there and today I find myself in an amazing friend circle which I couldn't be more grateful for, and best of all they keep coming, more and more wonderful people seem to enter. And these are people I can call close friends after just a few meetups. We simply speak the same language. I never thought it was possible for me to discover such relationships other places than in California but damn, there are some great people out walking in Oslo too, people who really want to make an impact in the world, people who want to make the world a better place. Those people, thats the kind of people I'm fortunate enough to call my friends.
So, if you haven't found those kinds of people that lifts you up as a person, meaning give you a personal upgrade and push you to keep aiming for you dreams and be a better person for yourself and this world, hope must not leave the building cause they are out there. The only downside is of course that they wont just one day come knock at your door, you really really need to go out and seek them. Those are the people who have found themselves, grounded and started walking towards their mission in life. They have a reason to be alive which is to make the world a better place.
I know I've mentioned this in another post recently, but this is really really important for getting a quality life, a life full of purpose, a life worth living, not dull and negative but beautiful and loving. There is no need to be lonely cause love is out there but it's not just served on a silver plate.
Some of my favorite human beings <3
Ray Kurzweils Predictions
Transhumanists yup ineed
Ray Kurzweil, one of my favorite thinkers, has some interesting thoughts about the future and I came across a nice sum up of a few of the events in an article on inverse.
What do you think?
I've copy pasted from the inverse article.
8. Ubiquitous Wifi Access
By 2019, almost everyone will be able to access wireless internet from almost anywhere on Earth at all times. That’s because, as Kurzweil describes in his 2005 book The Singularity Is Near (TSIN), we’ll have “very high-bandwidth wireless internet access woven in our clothing.”
7. An Asteroid Won’t Kill Us
Within a few decades, space technology will be able to fully protect the Earth from asteroid collisions. “We don’t see [... a large asteroid visitor] on the horizon,” he writes in TSIN, “and it is virtually certain that by the time such a danger occurs, our civilization will readily destroy the intruder before it destroys us.”
6. Working From Home with VR
Within a few decades, virtual reality will be fully immersive, making physical workspaces obsolete. Instead, we’ll all telecommute to work, and populations will become more decentralized because we won’t need to live in any particular location for our jobs. This will also somewhat alleviate the threat of terrorist attacks.
6. Don’t Worry About Disease
Most diseases will go away by the 2020’s. We’ll be able to reverse engineer the brain to fix neurological issues (ex. Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, strokes). Nanobots will not only exist by then, but be smart enough to combat diseases better than our current medical technology.
5. Virtual Reality = Reality
By the late 2020s, it will be impossible to distinguish reality from virtual reality. The implications of this are endless, but one of the things Kurzweil mentions in TSIN is how this will affect your sex life. “In virtual reality,” he writes, “we can be a different person both physically and emotionally. In fact, other people (such as your romantic partner) will be able to select a different body for you than you might select for yourself (and vice versa).” People won’t need sex dolls to sleep with Scarlett Johansson lookalikes.
4. Computers Surpass Humans Really Soon
By 2029, a computer will pass the Turing test.
3. Humans Become Machines
By the early 2030s, technology will be able to copy human brains and put them onto electronic mechanisms. That means no more flesh, blood, or bones — just a scan of your brain on a machine — and will enable humans to take any form, from a box to a bird. It will also mean that a “human” won’t die in any traditional sense, and that it will be infinitely replicable. In TSIN, Kurzweil says our immortality will work like computer software: “When we change from an older computer to a newer one, we don’t throw all our files away. Rather, we copy them and reinstall them on the new hardware.”
2. Earth Will Be Made of Computers
Sometime past 2045, our planet will be entirely made up of computers. With the exception of some nature reserves for the vulgar plebeians who want to live in a “natural state.” Fools.
1. The Universe Will Be a Supercomputer
By 2099, machines will be creating planet-sized computers, and eventually we’ll make the entire universe into an enormous supercomputer. Fingers crossed that a rogue humanoid doesn’t destroy the whole thing with a virus!
Innovation
Spirituality Is Just Science We Don't Understand Yet.
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Why Is This So?
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If people fear what they don't understand, isn't there a limit for how far we can go, what we can discover and how we can develop? I get triggered to figure out things I don't know even though it will take years, centuries or beyond or even if I wont be able to ever discover if there is any truth or reason at all behind it. Would there be such things as wars and quarrels and unnecessary misunderstandings? Isn't fear what keeps our society chaotic? When will we all come from a place of love? When will love conquer fear? Wouldn't that be a wonderful place to live?
AlphaGo is coming for ya Ke Jie.
Another run down to come. Sorry Lee and sorry Ke.
"Future of Go Summit" - a five-day festival of Go and artificial intelligence starts tomorrow.
Tomorrow, 23rd of May, AlphaGo will face the world's top-ranked Go player, China's 19-year-old Ke Jie and I'm super excited for this. Once more man vs machine in the most advanced game ever invented by humans. Last year the machine beat the world champion go master 2 to 1. This time AlphaGo and the world’s top-ranked Go player Ke Jie will face off in a three-game match under tournament conditions in China.
Read more about previous match here, the landmark of AI.
Although Ke Jie, which describes himself as a "pretentious prick" is certain of his winnings, Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo is expected to end in another victory for rapid advances in AI but I'm slightly nervous about it, what if it don't? I think now though, one year later, it must be able to beat this guy man completely.
AlphaGo uses two sets of "deep neural networks" containing millions of connections similar to neurons in the brain. It is partly self-taught—having played millions of games against itself after initial programming.
Go is an ancient two-player board game that was invented in China some 3,000 years ago.
It involves two players alternately laying black and white stones on a grid. The winner is the player who seals off the most territory.
** Update **
Alphago has become a god of go and defeated Ke Jie with ease.
Thoughts on a Sunday Afternoon
Ok, so, I've been hit by a virus again (I even had to stay in bed the whole of 17th of May, Norway's national day...That was ok though, as I don't like too much celebrating that day with all that madness that involves). This pathogen attacked me and haven't left, three days in a row in bed, bathing in my own sweat with my lungs and throat soar as crazy. Hope this was the very last round of it.
But I've now established the habits of eating as much ginger as possible. I've learned that ginger is a nutrient you definitely shouldn't avoid having in your diet as it is super anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal it helps to fight colds, flu, nausea, irritable bowl syndrom and even cancer. It boosts the immunsystem tremendously. Basically its the bomb of health. Really, all the things we need to fight different diseases and prevent them are all here in our environment, we are just to slow and ignorant to actually figure everything out. But perhaps in not such distant times.. we will..
So, I haven't been able to write much on the week in review today but will publish the full one tomorrow.
But as an evening enjoyment I share with you a new episode of a show I really like. Year Million on National Geographic. I thought I wouldn't be able to watch it for a long time since I don't have the TV channel. But thanks to amazing internet I found this link to stream it, woho.
It talks about all the things that I see coming in the future, so I find it really entertaining, mainly because it might open up some peoples eyes. These thoughts has to be broadcasted to the masses. Watch it :D
Random thoughts I have, that I just want to get out and now seemed as an ok time.
- I really would like to go to space but I'd rather not go to space in my humanly body. When I can become a machinelike molecule and travel or teleport anywhere without being scared of getting hurt in space time, then we are talking. Really really really. Please keep me alive for at least 100 years more because then.. then we can become immortal.
- What happens when the AI think they know whats best for us? ... The negative outcome of an AI takeover is that they will might end up pay back time (what goes around comes around) and just treat us the way we today treat the cows, chickens and all this other animals we just think of as delicious foods not living beings. They might end up killing us cause they want to do research or use something we have in our bodies which is beneficial for them. So there is a lot of think that might happen but I guess mainly we will just end up as ants to them, first become as pets and then become totally ignored, like bugs to us. Or maybe the only one who will be spared from such a grotesque event is all the vegans in the world ha ha ha. The ones who actually do not treat others as harsh and submissive.
- What defines humanity?
- Who owns our thoughts?
- And as I closure of today, I'll let you think about this one. How absurdly cool isn't it that some researchers thought of that maybe some particles on a frogs back could be used in the medicine for the flu?
Its so insane ha ha. Well, apparently all the remedies are out there somewhere...
Week in Review - May 21st
Latest updates from around the web !
Twin Peaks The Return starts tomorrow - Whoop Whoop. When I was in SF in 2014 I secretly got to know that they were working on it. And that's long ago. So finally it arrives!
Googles developers conference, I/O '17, was held this week and they had some interesting news.
Ok back to Elon Musk this week as normal. To me, this year he has really established himself as a huge inspiration. When he started Neuralink, Open AI and the Boring company. He basically reaches for the stars and does everything in his power to help create a better world and save humanity from extinction. Thats his biggest mission in live. To help change the world to the better for both the planet and humans. Man, I really fond this guy. I'm starting to get really jealous on Amber Heard, his present girlfriend.
SPACE
NASA just discovered a manmade space bubble around earth. Makes sense though!
TRANSPORT
Peter Diamandis had a nice blogpost this week on some new transportation methods
The future of transport looks promising:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
This was probably the most mind blowing I read this week: Googles AI is better at making AI than their engineers. Future is here folks.
"At its I/O '17 conference this week, Google shared details of its AutoML project, an artificial intelligence that can assist in the creation of other AIs. By automating some of the complicated process, AutoML could make machine learning more accessible to non-experts."
Elon Musk Just unveiled breakthrough research
"Elon Musk co-founded artificial intelligence non-profit OpenAI just announced it has created an AI system that can learn to complete a task in reality after watching just one demonstration of that task in a simulated environment."
YES GOOGLE YES, things are haaappening for us normal peeps!
ENHANCED HUMANS
Here are five ways Elon Musks Brain computer interface could transform the world.
ROBOTS & MACHINES
#smartliving #3Dprinted house
Give me this house. If I could set this house up anywhere I'd be so happy.
EARTH & ENERGY
Scientists have found a low cost way to produce the worlds cleanest energy source.
"Scientists have discovered a low-cost, efficient catalyst for splitting water to create hydrogen. This means that the world's cleanest form of energy, hydrogen, may be more easily and cheaply produced."
SINGULARITY HUBS PICKS OF THE WEEK
We Think We Know But We Don't
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VR Shopping?
This week at Office X our topic is "how is the future of shopping gonna look like?"
My task was to dig into VR shopping.
So, is Virtual Reality our new shopping tool?
Would you trust buying something you had just experienced in VR?
Håvard Paulshus from Holovation allowed me to test their demo for property trading at our office! I believe this is gonna be a hit when the graphic and the equipment is gonna be waay better.
I see this coming big time. Both in VR, AR and Holograms. And I can't fucking wait. Them old traditional ways to do online shoppings are gonna get completely altered for the benefits of the buyer. The experiences we will have while shopping is gonna be mind blowing. I can't wait!
What is your take?!
Full Episode Will Air Next Friday.
Rising Temperatures Are Bringing Back Old Viruses
Bill Gates might be right in his predictions that in the next 15 years, 33 million people could be wiped out in less than a year by a pathogen. You see, the rising temperatures due to our climate change crisis are bringing back old viruses that our immune system have no idea on how to combat (watch the film below).
He says it also could be due to mutation, accident, or terrorist intent. Similar events have occurred before: the most obvious example is the Black Death, which killed almost a third of Europe, but more recently, in 1918, the Spanish Flu wiped out between 50 and 100 million people.
I really really hope we get magic powers with the CRISPR technology before something like this breaks out so that we have ways to overcome those viruses.
Creepy right?
If You Didn't Know
If you didn't know the person next to you was a robot, would it matter?
If you didn't know that the person you were looking at was a robot, would it matter?
If you didn't know the person you were talking to was a robot, would it matter?
If you didn't know that the person you were touching was artificial, would it matter?
If you didn't know the person you were kissing was a machine, would it matter?
If you didn't know the person you were having sex with was a bionic person, would it matter?
If you didn't know the person you were married to was a non human, would it matter?
If you didn't know the mother of your children were not born from a woman herself, would it matter?
If you can't distinguish this person from yourself, why does it even matter?
