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What other problems exist where a solution would have similarly outsized impact?
124 sats \ 6 comments \ @itsrealfake 2 Jun 2022 bitcoin
Most of us have heard of The Byzantine Generals Problem, and I'm sure we have different degrees of understanding about what it is. I was only introduced to it through my exposure to bitcoin.
Are there other 'problems' like it which a solution could cause the type of outsized impact we expect bitcoin to have?
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 2 Jun 2022
What I like about this question is that people assume that all big problems that can be solved have been solved. It certainly feels like we've slowed down solving these big, hard problems, but I don't think we'll ever stop solving them.
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51 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 2 Jun 2022
P=NP and AGI come to mind in CS.
Time travel, unifying physics, dark matter, and faster than light travel come to mind in physics.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake OP 2 Jun 2022
here's one:
The AGI Containment Problem
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake OP 2 Jun 2022
AGI certainly came to mind
i wonder if there are names for these problems... like "the time travel problem"
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 2 Jun 2022
If you are into chemistry and find a compound by accident that allows us to make razor thin batteries with insane capacity - humanity will make a leap jump forward
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 3 Jun 2022
Quantum Internet... that would have massive implications
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