The future is here now, but most people can’t see it.

El Futuro del Trabajo: La Era de las Máquinas

El trabajo, como lo conocemos, está cambiando de manera irreversible. La inteligencia artificial y la robótica avanzan con tal rapidez que es difícil ignorar su impacto. Cada vez más tareas humanas están siendo reemplazadas por sistemas que no solo trabajan más rápido y con mayor precisión, sino que también pueden aprender, decidir y crear. Este no es el inicio de una película apocalíptica; es nuestra realidad más cercana.

Un nuevo orden laboral

Desde hace años, las máquinas han estado sustituyendo a los humanos en trabajos manuales y repetitivos. Sin embargo, lo que está ocurriendo ahora es distinto. Los algoritmos son capaces de analizar datos complejos, redactar informes, diseñar productos y hasta componer música. Áreas que antes parecían exclusivamente humanas, como la creatividad o la toma de decisiones, ya no son exclusivas de las personas.

En este contexto, profesiones enteras están desapareciendo o transformándose. Conductores, cajeros, abogados y hasta médicos comienzan a compartir su espacio con sistemas que no necesitan descanso ni salario. La hiperautomatización no solo cambia la manera en que trabajamos, sino que redefine nuestra utilidad en un mundo dominado por la eficiencia.

Más allá del empleo

La tecnología promete un futuro más eficiente, pero ¿qué sucede con las personas? El trabajo siempre ha sido más que una fuente de ingresos; es una parte central de nuestra identidad. Nos define, nos conecta con otros y nos da propósito. Sin un lugar claro en esta nueva economía, la humanidad enfrenta una crisis existencial.

Una solución que gana fuerza es la idea de una renta básica universal, un ingreso garantizado para asegurar que nadie quede atrás en esta transición. Pero incluso con un sustento asegurado, surge una pregunta más profunda: ¿cómo llenamos el vacío de significado que deja el trabajo?

Un desafío humano

El verdadero peligro no radica en que las máquinas nos reemplacen, sino en que perdamos de vista lo que nos hace humanos. Este momento nos obliga a redefinir nuestros valores y prioridades. Tal vez el futuro no consista en competir con la inteligencia artificial, sino en encontrar formas de convivir con ella sin renunciar a nuestra humanidad.

Lo único claro es que no podemos detener este cambio. Pero sí podemos decidir cómo enfrentarlo. La tecnología no es el enemigo; lo será nuestra incapacidad de adaptarnos y de dar sentido a un mundo donde ya no somos indispensables.

Fuente: https://www.iebschool.com/blog/el-futuro fasss-del-empleo-global-adaptarse-o-desaparecer-relaciones-laborales/

As technology advances and communications improve. I believe most large box office video games will eventually be streamed.

This will allow multiple things: like not having using complaints about the game being 600gb and not having space for other games.

This also allows for anti piracy and hacking, because upon purchase, all you buy is a product key or a paid account to said game, rather than allow the customers access to the code upon purchase.

Updates do not require all users to be offline for maybe hours on end since updates happen on the back end.

If players have no access to code, hacking is harder, especially if the server broadcasts you the equivalent of a video, so things like xray vision will be impossible since all the players are getting is broadcasted video of that wall.

Lastly, this will also allow gaming across all platforms with a fast enough internet connection, a screen and a way to input button presses. Phones, smart fridges, toasters, an outdated pc, etc.

I believe this will begin being implemented within the decade, or even as soon as they start implementing the new 3 million times faster fiber optic system.

Japan is still waging an all-out war to maintain its population of 100 million. However, the goal of maintaining the Japanese population at over 100 million is becoming increasingly unrealistic.

As of November 1, 2024, Japan's population was 123.79 million, a decrease of 850,000 in just one year, the largest ever. Excluding foreigners, it is around 120.5 million. The number of newborns was 720,000, the lowest ever for the fifth consecutive year. The number of newborns fell below 730,000 20 years earlier than the Japanese government had expected.

The birth rate plummeted from 1.45 to 1.20 in 2023. Furthermore, the number of newborns is expected to decrease by more than 5% this year compared to last year, so it is likely to reach 1.1 in 2024.

Nevertheless, many Japanese believe that they still have 20 million left, so they can defend the 100 million mark if they faithfully implement low birth rate measures even now. However, experts analyze that in order to make that possible, the birth rate must increase to at least 2.07 by 2030.

In reality, it is highly likely that it will decrease to 0.~, let alone 2. The Japanese government's plan is to increase the birth rate to 1.8 in 2030 and 2.07 in 2040. Contrary to the goal, Japan's birth rate actually fell to 1.2 in 2023. Furthermore, Japan already has 30% of the elderly population aged 65 or older, so a birth rate in the 0. range is much more fatal than Korea, which has not yet reached 20%.

In addition, Japan's birth rate is expected to plummet further as the number of marriages plummeted by 12.3% last year. Japanese media outlets argued that the unrealistic population target of 100 million people should be withdrawn, saying that optimistic outlooks are a factor in losing the sense of crisis regarding fiscal soundness.

I know that AI can write code, and that apps could do something with that, possible means likely with something like that, there is value in it, but also if it's popular, becomes popular, it worries me that maybe certain personality types have hold of something that can be very invasive

If anyone here has real experience in the science/medicine world your input is greatly appreciated. But how much progress have we as a species really made towards achieving anti aging in the last 10 years and at this rate do you foresee it being achieved?

Consecuence of diverse policies, new market caps for housing, overall state of the environment; this last one worries me.

"State of environment" as in our presence in it, our behaviour around our peers. Our (some) fixed thoughts about different subjects that might turn individuals into fans, reluctant of others. Also, seeing most promises are void of enforcement by majority, and the norm is to give a blind eye if it doesn't bother oneself.

Are we in the Era of Self? Maybe I just need to touch grass, but. . . This still bugs me.

So, I've been thinking about the difficult.parts of being a parent.

Even for people with stable and sufficient income, there is still one hurdle: that of having to sacrifice so much time.

What scares.me the most about becoming a parent is that it will be very difficult to maintain my identity as a person: my hobbies and interests.

However, there might be hope.

When I was a kid, I didn't want to be with my parents for too.long. I preferred playing with other kids, reading, doing homework, playing video games.

Therefore, my question is; can the issue of low birth rates be combated to an extent by a child-friendly infrastructure?

What.is a child friendly infrastructure? A city that has many indoor playgrounds, kindergartens, etc, wherein you can safely leave your child to play/read while you go and do your thing.

For example, if you are a tennis player, to have enough availability of indoor playgrounds that it is easy to take them there (with adult supervision).

Thoughts?

The research is on what is referred to as LUCA - the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all animals, plants and single cell creatures that exist today. Crucially, that is not the same as the very earliest life on Earth. There is thought to be other simpler life that led to LUCA.

The research is surprising in its implications. It finds LUCA was very complex very early on in Earth's history. In fact, very soon after any life was possible at all (300 million years after the Moon was formed), it was already a complex life form that coded for and used 2,600 different proteins.

The implication? Either life forms much more easily than we thought, and is thus more common elsewhere than we might expect. Intriguingly, this also boosts the argument for Panspermia. That is the idea that space dust from asteroid-planet collisions, that is travelling throughout the galaxy, is seeding life as it lands on new planets.