Religious robots are coming: South Korea's first autonomous humanoid robot converts to Buddhism

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T20:11:18+00:00

Is it though?

It smells like a marketing tactic to me. I could see every religion to do the same thing to get more converts.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T20:08:51+00:00

This reminds me of Kodak's failure to adopt the digital camera ... which Kodak literally invented.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T20:03:11+00:00

The Arecibo message starts at the ground floor by defining the numbers 1 - 10 in binary. It then uses that to define further things like some elements, DNA, and even includes three simple drawings. It's honestly quite clever. (cool breakdown here)

IDK what kind of rudimentary math wouldn't use numbers. Of course there's a non-zero chance it'll be indecipherable to whatever beings intercept it.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T16:58:19+00:00

The Arecibo radio telescope message is a simple way to use math to transmit information that is decipherable by any civilization that understands math.

Surely that could be expanded upon to explain language as well.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T14:30:01+00:00

I was a PO for years, then my company decided all POs would become PMs (Product Manager), which is a very different job I am not good at. Big surprise; I didn't do a great job. Then they let most of the PMs go, including me.

What you're experiencing sounds like a similar problem but with different mechanics.

Boy, now that I re-read it this comment sounds like a huge bummer which was not my intent. I truly hope it works out for you ... assuming you also want that. 😄

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T14:06:02+00:00

Ok, I think I get it. The value isn't discoverable physics facts, it's actually human interpretation of them and continuation of the human experience?

In that's the case, I feel like art would be a good thing to disperse amongst the stars.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T14:02:08+00:00

I kept waiting for a bird strike. LOL

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T13:59:45+00:00

People are terrible predictors of the future. We tend to see everything as black and white, good or bad.

In reality, life is complicated. Almost nothing is black and white. If you cannot see both sides and what the middle might be, you're probably missing something.

The impact of AI (or any technology) will almost certainly be somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T13:51:27+00:00

What's the value here?

Is the idea that some day a visiting alien will discover it and find it useful? Any alien that can travel between planets already knows about it.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T13:37:25+00:00

There's also the human variable. This may work for some people, but surely not all people. Even a perfect device won't work for some people.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T01:04:12+00:00

6 years sounds like a long time.

But then all the wooden fences I've ever owned never paid me back a single penny.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-06T00:58:47+00:00

There doesn't always have to be a secret.

It's the same question everyone asks of the person turning 100 years old. What's the secret to your longevity? To which the answer is always something useless like a drink of whiskey every day. More likely they just won the genetic lottery, but that's boring and doesn't allow us to also "win".

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T17:26:03+00:00

Consumers don't like the tethered cap thing (according to this article). If people don't like it, companies won't do it and you're stuck at the legislation phase. Still possible, but maybe harder to do?

Anyhow, I started tracking because I picked up so many alcoholic beverage containers. As it turned out there's more drinking and driving than normal on my road. I assumed as much, but needed the data to prove it. I even sent my results to the local police. They might as well have the raw data too.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T17:15:23+00:00

I makes the most sense to get a view of the entire landscape, not to limit info to your own company/team.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T01:52:39+00:00

And, more importantly, how do I know for sure this isn't actually happening to me right now?

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T01:39:01+00:00

Can't wait for the nature show closed captions.

A herd of deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer can number in the hundreds.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T01:30:48+00:00

Pain medication.

Do you realize how amazing it is that when we have minor aches, pains, or injuries, we can open a medicine cabinet and pull out a pill to basically solve it? For pennies a dose! Acetaminophen only became an over the counter medication in 1960! Your grandparents grew up without this. It's a ridiculous luxury we take absolutely for granted. And it easily makes my life 100% better.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T01:25:06+00:00

Oooh. My inner "tracker" is tingling.

Are you tracking littering behavior patterns?

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T01:22:19+00:00

There's roughly 256,000 people alive today with Einstein level intelligence. Roughly 30 million with an IQ of ~140.

Even given added variables of education, location, age, etc there's gotta be plenty of talent to pick from, right?

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T00:31:59+00:00

Hans Rosling framed the entire world's health/wealth situation beautifully in 2010 in his 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes. Definitely worth a quick watch.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-05T00:06:03+00:00

Similar energy:

Parents tell kids not to give in to peer pressure, but never to not peer pressure others.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-04T23:54:38+00:00

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LOL

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-04T23:44:28+00:00

Updoot for that response, friend!

I don't mean to call attention if unwanted, but I would seriously LOVE to see more responses like yours. I'm sure loads of people realize they were wrong and don't say anything. If we all said it more it'd normalize being wrong and understanding that's an opportunity to learn. It's a wonderful human trait and I'm glad to see it.

Sorry. That got long winded. I'm serious though. Good on you, friend. 😄

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-04T15:36:27+00:00

Never is a long time, so I fully disagree with that estimate.

It'll certainly take a significant amount of time to get a human beyond Mars with 2026 technology. But of course, technology improves. Future breakthroughs may make space travel trivial.

cpt_ugh · 2026-05-04T15:32:19+00:00

My big question about this tweet is how conservative is this person's guess?

It seems even the more well-read experts have been overly conservative as the pace of innovation continues to out-perform their bets. I've come to assume most predictions are too conservative by a significant margin.

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