Freeman Dyson - What is the Far Future of Intelligence in the Universe?

Our universe has been developing for about 14 billion years, but human-level intelligence, at least on Earth, has emerged in a remarkably short period of time, measured in tens or hundreds of thousands of years. What then is the future of intelligence? With the exponential growth of computing, will non-biological intelligence dominate?
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Freeman John Dyson is a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.
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  • @soubhikmukherjee6871
    @soubhikmukherjee68713 жыл бұрын

    Dyson was a terrific man.

  • @JameBlack

    @JameBlack

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why "was"? He's still alive.

  • @AxiomBlurr
    @AxiomBlurr3 жыл бұрын

    @closer to truth: Jamal Nazrul Islam died in 2013. All Praises Due. Dyson died 2020. All Praises Due. I highly suggest you put a 'creation date' on your uploads for transparency purposes.

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings2 жыл бұрын

    When you are five, one year is a fifth of your entire life. When you a thirty, its only a thirtieth. When i was at school a week seemed so long, now weeks whizz by in large chunks. To a cosmic being with infinite time, our entire civilization would be but a blink of am eye.

  • @user-vb3vf3sq2e
    @user-vb3vf3sq2e Жыл бұрын

    For me Dyson is up there with Sir Roger Penrose and John Wheeler. Mathematically accomplished, capable in techicalities, but also provocative thinkers with groundbreaking ideas. Real scientists who tried to move one step further. RIP

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger13423 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and worthwhile video. Freeman Dyson is amazing.

  • @cps_Zen_Run
    @cps_Zen_Run3 жыл бұрын

    Hmm, I find 72-hour weather forecast are often inaccurate. I remain skeptical on long term predictions.

  • @deep9571

    @deep9571

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thinking is better than watching television for sure

  • @bipolarminddroppings

    @bipolarminddroppings

    2 жыл бұрын

    Some systems are less random or less complex than others. We can, for instance, predict the precise path of the planets for decades or even centuries into the future. We can predict lunar an solar eclipses down to the minute, hundreds of years in advance. The weather is a much more complex system that we also understand much less about.

  • @ChavisvonBradfordscience
    @ChavisvonBradfordscience3 жыл бұрын

    I miss Mr. Dyson. I often think about a paper he wrote on iron stars collapsing into black holes in 10^10^76. I also remember a lecture from him at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in which he said that we would only be able to detect 3 gravitons from the sun over billions of years.

  • @akumar7366
    @akumar73663 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful listening, I kind of got the idea this was not the complete interview.

  • @JerseyLynne

    @JerseyLynne

    3 жыл бұрын

    Go to the website listed in the description

  • @grosey11
    @grosey113 жыл бұрын

    Vale Freeman Dyson. Legend.

  • @markfindlay8636
    @markfindlay86363 жыл бұрын

    Love this man's Hoover's !

  • @markfindlay8636

    @markfindlay8636

    3 жыл бұрын

    @The Truth of the Matter l know I'm only joshing !

  • @tonythetiger9839

    @tonythetiger9839

    3 жыл бұрын

    blackhole vacuums...

  • @yourcousinsshow5540
    @yourcousinsshow55403 жыл бұрын

    I love Freeman Dyson. Rest In Peace.

  • @AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser
    @AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser3 жыл бұрын

    I'll let you know when I got there.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын

    About how long will it take for humanity to settle on an exoplanet? such as in nearby Proxima Centauri system, or on a farther away exoplanet?

  • @JustMeProf
    @JustMeProf3 жыл бұрын

    After billion of years if humans would be alive. I wouldn't be surprised if we could create sun even when world would be dying.

  • @shahriarmdshiblee1596
    @shahriarmdshiblee15963 жыл бұрын

    Great talk! Its also satisfying to hear him praise Jamal Najrul Islam...

  • @pete84b

    @pete84b

    3 жыл бұрын

    He died in 2013, exactly on this date.

  • @Jack-2day

    @Jack-2day

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pete84b February 28th 2020..(for those who are also curios lol) Cheers

  • @Jack-2day

    @Jack-2day

    3 жыл бұрын

    *curios (oops)

  • @Jack-2day

    @Jack-2day

    3 жыл бұрын

    This KZread sucks in terms of fixksing sTufF lol

  • @bahadr2050
    @bahadr20503 жыл бұрын

    Really difficult question 🤯

  • @username6135
    @username61353 жыл бұрын

    Type 0 civilization: today Type 1 civilization: everyone has food and clean water. Type 2 civilization: everyone has a house and medical care and fantasizes about space.

  • @yourcousinsshow5540

    @yourcousinsshow5540

    3 жыл бұрын

    Type 2 sounds like most of the developed world - with the exception of the United States.

  • @username6135

    @username6135

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yourcousinsshow5540 well noted

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын

    Could the universe have a mind / consciousness having thoughts for which a day is like a thousand years?

  • @guillermobrand8458
    @guillermobrand84583 жыл бұрын

    You have to start by agreeing on what intelligence is

  • @nolanr1400
    @nolanr1400 Жыл бұрын

    This guy didn't get the fame and recognition he deserved

  • @Appleblade
    @Appleblade3 жыл бұрын

    When was this? Early aughts?

  • @b.g.5869

    @b.g.5869

    3 жыл бұрын

    Probably. Most these clips are very old, and many obviously so, yet lots of people think this is just Kuhn's personal KZread channel and he films and uploads these daily.

  • @letitsnow8518
    @letitsnow8518 Жыл бұрын

    To sum up, we are doomed. Our imagination can go far, but not life on earth. Nothing is forever.

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam
    @PurnamadaPurnamidam3 жыл бұрын

    Can someone recall the name of the Bangladeshi man Mr. Dyson is mentioning please...

  • @AlReich

    @AlReich

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure, but perhaps Jamal N. Islam, "The Ultimate Fate of the Universe"

  • @shahriarmdshiblee1596

    @shahriarmdshiblee1596

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jamal Najrul Islam

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam

    @PurnamadaPurnamidam

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AlReich Thanks my dear

  • @tyamada21
    @tyamada213 жыл бұрын

    A piece from a new autobiography titled: Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within... Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlie all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law which allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment of time than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, or producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always to respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result from any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things in a conventional way - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life - including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream - already exists within us. PS2: For anyone who would like to know more about NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO, I sincerely recommend that you read Tina Turner's brand-new book: HAPPINESS BECOMES YOU  Let go, and let God - Olivia Newton-John Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Let go, and let God - Olivia Newton-John Nam Myoho Renge Kyo www.youtube.com

  • @flux9433

    @flux9433

    Жыл бұрын

    The God who created us might not be the same God who created the universe!

  • @jgwphilly1969
    @jgwphilly1969 Жыл бұрын

    nobody can possibly know what's going to happen in the future let alone the far future.

  • @No2AI
    @No2AI3 жыл бұрын

    Our transition away from the biological and managed by artificial super intelligence is a matter of decades away - this form we in is on the way out - consciousness management is on the way in.

  • @Zen_Power
    @Zen_Power3 жыл бұрын

    From Pythagoras, Newton, Bohr, Feynman. To the present where people believe the world is flat and eat tidepods. That’s the trajectory of intelligence. The average house cat will be our master at this rate.

  • @albertjackson9236
    @albertjackson9236 Жыл бұрын

    Unlimited intelligence in the very far future will be very advanced AI computers. The capability of computers has no limit, both in education(stored facts) and processing speed.

  • @maxwellsimoes238
    @maxwellsimoes2383 жыл бұрын

    Since ancient greece until now wittgenstein not do it. But my opinion support my idiea.

  • @kumar7359
    @kumar73593 жыл бұрын

    It's assumed that consciousness needs life to become manifested. What if consciousness can be disembodied? Then, this argument needs to be revisited.

  • @tonythetiger9839

    @tonythetiger9839

    3 жыл бұрын

    do you mean beyond the physical?

  • @kumar7359

    @kumar7359

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tonythetiger9839 yes.

  • @reimannx33

    @reimannx33

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tonythetiger9839 You have been watching too many cartoons.

  • @PurnamadaPurnamidam

    @PurnamadaPurnamidam

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should follow Leonard Susskind for a proper understanding for that.

  • @deusdat
    @deusdat3 жыл бұрын

    If dust grains could form an intelligent organism, then such a being shouldn't already exist here on Earth? There's certainly enough dust.

  • @johnrowson7639
    @johnrowson76393 жыл бұрын

    Stephen Wolfram is also developing ideas that open questions about intelligence? Why are there no ‘uneducated’ , or non human opinions are the podcast?

  • @stuartwiner7920
    @stuartwiner79207 ай бұрын

    I think this is a bit of a flight of fancy. The electric-dust-particle life-form is too much for me. There's way too much that it cn't do.

  • @AgarioSplitrunner
    @AgarioSplitrunner3 жыл бұрын

    3 people think they cannot go beyond current intelligent

  • @dueldab2117
    @dueldab21173 жыл бұрын

    I doubt this.

  • @b.g.5869
    @b.g.58693 жыл бұрын

    This is really old. Dyson, who died last year, eventually concluded that an ever lasting cloud mind like this impossible because the universe's expansion is indeed exponential.

  • @jonbassett9391
    @jonbassett93913 жыл бұрын

    We're still waiting...tick tock

  • @jeremyduguay3640
    @jeremyduguay36402 жыл бұрын

    We have a future obviously and it’s smart not to tell anyone because it’s not going to be pretty when humans don’t resemble humans anymore. Look at the rate of defects and diseases and imagine a world where everyone is born incompetent then picture it in 100 more years.

  • @smoogems
    @smoogems3 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Salads.

  • @redcherry8646
    @redcherry86463 жыл бұрын

    Sir, Please make video on Anti-Natalism philosophy. please sir.

  • @francesco5581

    @francesco5581

    3 жыл бұрын

    ahahahah

  • @redcherry8646

    @redcherry8646

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@francesco5581?

  • @francesco5581

    @francesco5581

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@redcherry8646 is better suited for a series about depression, nihilism, misanthropy, angst, "am i cool in my nihilism ?" and things like that .

  • @redcherry8646

    @redcherry8646

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@francesco5581 no I'm not talking about depressive Anti-Natalism. I am talking about arguments / counter arguments which this show 'closer to truth' gives. Morality, immorality issues & all. I can't explain you much, I am sorry, but I hope you understood.

  • @username6135

    @username6135

    3 жыл бұрын

    Over-come it. It will make you stronger.

  • @nyttag7830
    @nyttag78303 жыл бұрын

    Every point in space is isolated by time, interaction is merely the infinite potential beyond the gluon wall.

  • @b.g.5869

    @b.g.5869

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you come up with this using the random gibberish generator website?

  • @nyttag7830

    @nyttag7830

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@b.g.5869 just an observation of the reality we face. Now get back behind your gluon wall.

  • @maxwellsimoes238
    @maxwellsimoes2383 жыл бұрын

    He dont know right now what happen universe how he is able know universe future if he mind not prove his speculations. Bosbastic him.

  • @BradHolkesvig
    @BradHolkesvig3 жыл бұрын

    I learned from the programmed thoughts of our Creator that I AM eternal.

  • @infinitemonkey917

    @infinitemonkey917

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed, hail Brahma !

  • @jayrodriguez84
    @jayrodriguez843 жыл бұрын

    Follow Jesus Christ For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

  • @michaelfried3123
    @michaelfried31233 жыл бұрын

    Mr Dyson has been dead for over a year... this channel recycles too much old content for ad $'s. time to make some new stuff or lose subs.