The problem is with humanity giving up control to machines.
I mean, humanity (especially in the West) has already given up large amounts of power to corporate CEOs, which can be modelled as soulless machines well enough, but installing AI would take it even one step further.
“personhood” by the law only refers to the ability to sign contracts.
companies and states already have that.
what you’re talking about is a “natural person”.
yeah i agree with especially the last paragraph. i don’t think abandoning all IP laws today is realistic, as the commercial art/innovation economy still has too much game to gain so it’s gonna take at least 10 more years.
I really don’t like to be the “well acktschually” guy but the major constraint for a mars settlement is the availability of water. mars is inhabitable (with the help of technology ofc) wherever there is water, probably it in the form of ice underground. Various research missions are currently mapping that out. Here’s a map from around 2000:
can’t wait for the day, tbh
They aren’t gonna leave until it’s untenable here for them.
Which, btw, i’m not sure about it. If you’re a company and only thinking about profits, you don’t care whether the old mine is maximally exploited. Even if it is still profitable, you’d rather change to a new mine because it’s more profitable.
I think it’s also about economic factors … the first spaceflight programs in the 60s were a huge boost to the economy, both by creating jobs and inspiring a generation of engineers. they hope that mars settlement would have similar effects, maybe on a larger scale, depending on the size of the project. which very much fits into Trump’s narrative to “bring back manufacturing to the US”.
I think it’s good that it exists. I’ve often bemoaned that there’s no easy way to find software projects, so people keep re-implementing them. Maybe having more/better lists and indexes simply of “what already exists”, lots of duplicated effort could be spared, which would be better for everyone.
you’re right, but i still think the EU should arm itself at least to the point of being capable of self-defence.
it’s not only about waging war, it’s also about deterrence, and giving Europe some self-confidence.
I suppose it would (have been) a good start to not cause the refugee wave by not fucking up the middle east. but now that’s done, and can’t be undone.
what could be undone i guess would be to be reluctant to give out citizenship. Without citizenship, it’s a lot less attractive to stay in a country long-term, because citizenship essentially grants right to residence and social safety net, while a temporary residence permit does not.
the mass increase due to relativistic effects is really really small, significantly smaller than the weight loss due to fuel consumption, which btw is described by the Rocket Equation.
yeah i know, that’s why i said “lol” :D
what i don’t get is why people are focusing on the amount of ecosystem that SpaceX displaces while completely ignoring that literally anything else also replaces ecosystem. City? used to be forest? Parking lot? used to be prairie. Suburbs? you guessed it
everything was an ecosystem before modern humans got there. i don’t get the particular outrage over SpaceX.
My conspiracy is that Musk thinks he’ll get to Mars more likely if he aligns with the Republicans, and he acts so super stupid on purpose to get along with them.
… and it has landed him a top position in government so far
the comments about slashing social security are definitely unhinged IMHO (so i’m definitely not supporting that) but i’m european and we have more appreciation for social safety nets i would say. america is more individualist, so maybe that’s just “america being america”.
SpaceX? They got billions to get us to Mars. They never go beyond the super easy part in rocketry, low earth orbit.
lol
Typical bullshit article that has no idea what it’s talking about (the drawings are nice though):
Copying from Wikipedia:
Key provisions of the Outer Space Treaty include prohibiting nuclear weapons in space; limiting the use of the Moon and all other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes; establishing that space shall be freely explored and used by all nations; and precluding any country from claiming sovereignty over outer space or any celestial body.
Mars settlement passes all of these checks.
Furthermore, people want to go to Mars, not the Moon. Bringing up the moon is only confusing.
tldr
no often today we don’t know what the code is actually doing
yes this is an important problem
no nobody really seems to take it as serious as it should be taken today
no i’m not gonna change that over night
oh they do, it’s a great invention after all.
I think “personhood” refers to the ability to sign contracts though. It has nothing to do with voting.