Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

It will not be long before machines are more intelligent than humans. This point will be reached much, much faster than many believe ;)

This is exactly my topic right now. Today I received a letter from my management asking if I might want to take it on. I am a childcare worker for a church employer. The salary agreement is actually binding until the end of the year, but given the current situation, improvements have been requested. The Diakonie agreed to 1.6% as of April 1st. However, my employer says they cannot refinance that. Now they want to push further, and the union wants to know if we prefer the inflation bonus or the percentage, linear increase. I would spontaneously lean towards the one-time payment, but the percentage increase probably brings more, right?

It won't be too long before machines are smarter than humans. This point will be reached much, much faster than many believe ;)

So AI is kind of a personal hobbyhorse of mine, and I read quite a bit about it. I'm currently wondering what timeframe you imagine as "faster than many believe ;)". Also, I would find it interesting to define "intelligence" (there are various types of intelligence, after all). At least in the literature I read, true AI is not to be seen in the foreseeable future, because then good night humanity :-(

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I would spontaneously tend to a one-time payment, but the percentage increase probably brings more, right?

You get the percentage increase every year from that point on, the prices also remain permanently high and are unlikely to drop significantly in 2024.
In addition, there is the compound interest effect. The next increase is then a percentage based on your higher income.

Yes, the production is supposed to pay for it...

I work in a chemical company.
2% each year is simply not feasible.

Many things are only considered and then poorly implemented.

We have now received
April to October 22 1400€ one-time payment fully taxed.
+ 5% night bonus

October to December nothing

January 23 3.25% and 1500€ tax-free social security-free
January 24 3.25% and 1500€ tax/social security-free
Runs until June 24.

So AI is kind of a private hobbyhorse of mine, and I read quite a bit about it. I'm just wondering which time frame you imagine as "faster than many believe ;)." Also, I would find it interesting to define "intelligence" (there are various forms of intelligence, after all). At least in the literature I read, there is no sign of "real" AI in the foreseeable future, because then, good night humanity :-(

That surprises me, because I consider two machines that talk to each other and develop their own, more efficient language all by themselves to be extraordinarily intelligent. When was that again? 2017 at Facebook?

And then there was the guy who did an experiment with his microwave, which in the end wanted to lock him in and grill him.

It basically only fails due to limited computing power. Once that is solved by quantum computers, nothing will stand in the way of AI.

I don't believe it will be that far off until the end of the century. Maybe 2050.