Artificial Super Intelligence - What will ASI be like? When? How will it change things?
In a Nutshell
AGI is expected by 2026-2027, rapidly evolving to ASI with PhD-level capabilities trickling down cheaply via clones and optimizations, saturating most cognitive needs and enabling humanoid robots like Tesla Optimus for expert manual labor. By 2050, transhumanism via gene editing, regenerative organs, and Neuralink-like implants will allow extreme body modifications within thermodynamic limits. AI integrates transparently into daily life (phones, cars, games) while universities should experiment with test-time compute and distillation; parents' social apps need AI moderation/fact-checking plus human connection to handle tribal debates.
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Blog posts from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Anthropic indicate CEOs and big researchers converge on AGI as smarter than all humans in all domains, superseding Nobel Prize winners. Expected in 2026 or 2027, 12 to 24 months away. Semantics between AGI and ASI, but raises question of AI's ultimate potential.
Question: How far can we change our bodies by 2050 via gene editing, nanomachines?
Biology is plastic; life forms range from fungi, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, vertebrates, invertebrates, spider-like pods. Possible forms: four brains in a jar, 20-ton ocean-going creatures. Thermodynamic limits exist, e.g., maximum animal size due to energy dissipation—Godzilla impossible due to overheating, core temperature hundreds of degrees; upright stance unfeasible. Elephants have columnar legs, can't jump; largest land animal like Argentinosaurus many times larger than humans.
By 2050 (25 years): Stem cell research followed since 2008-2009; predicted takeoff around 2020, accurate. Regenerative medicine market now $25-42 billion globally, from zero in 2010. First genetically engineered pig kidney transplanted into human. Innovation unlocks more: monoclonal antibodies, mRNA vaccines expand medicine classes quickly. Genetically engineered organs could become commonplace.
Implants like Neuralink augment. Nanomachines already exist in biology (nanometer/angstrom scale machinery in cells); biotech more efficient than stainless steel/titanium. Gold nanoparticles possible, but brain/liver/kidney chemical processes hard to replace.
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