Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
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p51d007
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Would YOU trust anything that comes out of Bill Gates?
A-N-Y-T-I-M-E humans screw around with mother nature, it usually doesn't work out so well.
Endymio
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You're espousing an idea that's not only wrong-headed, but horrifically dangerous. Mother Nature isn't kind and benign: she freezes you in winter, roasts you in summer, kills you with storms, earthquakes, lightning, wildfires, infects you with plagues, starves you with crop failures, and if she doesn't get you, one of her minions will eat you alive.Would YOU trust anything that comes out of Bill Gates?
A-N-Y-T-I-M-E humans screw around with mother nature, it usually doesn't work out so well.
Man survives not on her goodwill, but by modifying the environment to suit himself. If we forget that, we're in deep trouble. "Screwing around with Mother Nature" is why starvation is no longer a daily fact of life for most of the world's population.
This has been done before: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/jimwong-38623042/worlds-first-portable-mosquito-air-defense
Not only do I not have the hardware, I wouldn't know where to start! What incredible ingenuity.
acquiring a laser that can fry mosquitoes is a good place to start.
Bluescreendeath
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You think Bill Gates invented these ideas and personally sterilizes or modifies screwworms and mosquitoes himself? Everything I said is public information, and these programs are supported by thousands and thousands of people, scientists, and multiple different organizations and governments.Would YOU trust anything that comes out of Bill Gates?
A-N-Y-T-I-M-E humans screw around with mother nature, it usually doesn't work out so well.
You can look up the USDA mass sterilization and gmo screwworm program online for yourself. Why would American and Mexican cattle farmers widely support this program if it actually spreads disease (and thus kills more cattle) like you claim? Both the US govt and Mexican govt and farmers on both sides of the border support this genetic modification program to kill screwworms.
You telling me both govts, the USDA, scientists, and all of these cattle farmers are lying?
Bill Gates has worked with multiple countries, many scientists, and private companies on these mosquito projects to reduce mosquitoes or make them less dangerous. Are you telling me these governments, private orgs, all of those thousands of scientists, etc are all lying and they are all for some reason trying to create more dangerous mosquitoes to kill themselves (because the researchers and staff are literally doing research in mosquito zones and also get bit) and are trying to kill people for some "reason"?
These types of programs have been around for decades. They are not new. They have been working fine for years and years. The earliest version of the screwworm sterilization program is almost a century old.
Your conspiracy that they are all just trying to make stuff more dangerous/worse doesnt make any sense. It doesnt even pass the basic smell test.
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Absolutely. I remember the days at my uncle's farm. You have never seen so many flies.
But is it safe for workers? Even one mistake and you could lose an eye.
So, lets get this straight.
He trained an AI, armed it with a laser, used himself as mosquito bait, and used the AI to murderize all the mosquitos.
In other words, he is now the official creator of Mosquito Skynet.
Nice.
He trained an AI, armed it with a laser, used himself as mosquito bait, and used the AI to murderize all the mosquitos.
In other words, he is now the official creator of Mosquito Skynet.
Nice.
KnightSayNI
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If you have mosquitoes inside your house. You have a big hole somewhere that needs fixed. Now if you could eliminate all of them in your yard, that would be life-changing.
GrayDragon
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Not if they are in your home. Outside, yes. Although I would just rather have those critters eat something else.
WhoCaresAnymore
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Ticks. We must kill the ticks.
GrayDragon
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LOL, why not? Let's just get rid of all those noxious critters in our homes. Maybe an insect Roomba?
Axeia
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We've been bio-engineering for a long time. Worked out pretty well, we're not going hungry because we got plants and lifestock that's way more productive compared to their wild counterparts. Dogs are a far cry from wolves thanks to us and have been keeping us (and our livestock) safe for millennia and far more numerous/successful than actual wolves.Would YOU trust anything that comes out of Bill Gates?
A-N-Y-T-I-M-E humans screw around with mother nature, it usually doesn't work out so well.
Heck I'm Dutch, probably the country with the biggest middle finger towards mother nature - half of it is under sea level.
When it goes well you just don't hear much about and it'll be considered normal / embraced. It's when it goes wrong it hits the news (soil erosion, introduction of invasive species ruining an ecosystem etc)
More direct bio-engineering (Altering DNA / Cloning), ehhh we could probably make some great things happen. But things tend to go wrong early on (and it very much is early on) and a very touchy subject because "we're playing god", it'll likely be accepted at some point as well. Heck, not that long ago electricity supposedly was the domain of god as well.
wiyosaya
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I showed this article to someone who I thought would have interest. He pointed this out from 2010 - https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_could_this_laser_zap_malaria
No AI needed.
No AI needed.
Endymio
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Oops! Myhvold's "photonic fence" used graphics processors to run a CNN -- a small-scale predictive AI model -- but at the time it was too slow and crude to ever be put in production. At the demonstration I saw at the time, you had to wear protective goggles to keep the laser from accidentally blinding you.
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