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[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just fund all the open source projects. Like, all of them.

[–] piege@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's amazing the amount of ressources that are spent on creating an environment/platform that locks users in.

Like, shit, if we spent like 10% on that efforts into open source stuff we'd be living in a utopia right now or something.

[–] skarn@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Energy storage. We could already produce all the power we need and more using solar power, the problem is that we can't store it in an efficient energy dense form. The word efficient there is doing some heavy lifting. It needs be comparable or better than our methods today in terms of cost, safety, energy density, climate impact. If we could solve energy storage, it'd change society and technology dramatically.

[–] Jonas@mastodon.nl 2 points 4 days ago

@skarn @biofaust @asklemmy AI is so stupid to invest in atm

Nuclear Fusion.

[–] cdkg@lemm.ee 11 points 6 days ago

Clean nuclear energy

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Get the plastic out of living organisms for fuck's sake

[–] tauren@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago

I'm not sure what technology I would choose, but surely it would be related to the climate change.

[–] FatsoJackson@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

room temp superconductors

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can't decide if it should be penis enlargement or the cure for baldness... 🤔 ^/s^

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

There are bald porn stars for a reason

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

OP said only one. 😔

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Or in other words "Male enhancement" research

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 6 days ago

I guess, although cure for baldness would also be directly beneficial for women as well

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Reverse osmosis and water filtration technology solutions

UPDATE: Also, why not focus on stopping money going towards cryptocurrency instead of AI. Sure, AI is not the greatest for some, but cryto is a scam every day of the week

Fusion power or cures for diseases.

Fusion power, should it work, would solve a lot of problems. Environmentally, in particular, but if we could get a decent distribution of reactors around the planet we’d alleviate food problems, water problems, and a whole bunch of suffering of one kind or another. Cheap power would help a lot.

Otherwise, anything to help cure diseases. Genetic, auto-immune, cancers, misfortune, whatever. Alleviate more suffering, let people live and work again.

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.kya.moe 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Android catgirl maid robots

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 6 days ago

Moshi moshi, AI techbros? Yes, I found the next big thing

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago
[–] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 5 points 6 days ago

Cheap powerful graphics cards for all

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Easily the education system at least here in America cuz it's dog shit. I honestly think there should be another year for high school just one more because kids are coming out of school completely unprepared for anything and I don't just mean common sense I mean jobs entry level jobs kids can't do because school didn't teach them the basics

Edit: I sat down now so I want to elaborate.

I really think schools should focus more on life skills cooking, home improvement, changing your tire and brakes. Everyday stuff you'll run into but a lot of people don't know how to do. Just doing it once or twice gives people the confidence that they can do it and can maybe do more. That's my two cents, that I don't have

[–] MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I want a machine that works me out while I sleep. I'm talking full body ripped (to my desired levels) all while I get my sleep for the night.

Just electrically stimulate my muscles constantly while keeping me in a deep sleep for 8 hours straight please.

I wanna wake up every morning feeling like I just left the gym after a solid full body work out.

[–] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

You can get electric muscle zappers already. Just add ketamine for the z's and you're good!

[–] Epp2@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 6 days ago

Atmospheric carbon sequestration

[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Collective human intelligence augmentation = Computer-aided collaboration = Crowd thinking.
https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 107 points 1 week ago (15 children)
[–] ptz@dubvee.org 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Kind of a two-fer right there. Without "AI" sucking up so much power, we'd already be better off climate-wise.

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[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I'm sure you'll get a bunch of respectable answers, but keep in mind that secretly, everyone is actually thinking sex robots.

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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 43 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Nuclear fusion, right? That's got to be the big one.

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Internet Archive - long term storage of as many books/films/music/journals/games as possible.

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[–] Phineaz@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Cultured Meat. Without relying on any major breakthroughs, a price competitive with "traditional" meat is feasible with a few rather reasonable and conservative assumptions and developments. Dropping cows as meat source globally alone might be sufficient to slow down further climate change significantly.

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[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

In everything that has a realistic chance to stop or reverse climate change

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