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Which engineering breakthroughs will achieve widespread commercial and societal integration by 2050? [add responses]

Jun 12, 1:39 PMDec 1, 8:59 PM

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OptionProbability

Therapies to reverse cardiovascular diseases

Gene Editing Therapies

Autonomous Drone Swarms Dominating Land and Air Combat

Personalized medicine based on patient's genetic profile

Regenerative Medicine

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Synthetic Meat Indistinguishable from Real Meat

Heat pumps and solar panels for heating homes

Humanoid Robots in Service/Logistics Roles

Cancer Vaccine Targeting Multiple Types of Cancer

Male pattern baldness treatment that consistently turns Nowood 7 to Norwood 1 (no surgery/grafts)

Solar panels with 40% efficiency

Bioprinting

Therapies to reverse neurodegenerative diseases

Fully Autonomous Cargo Ships

a molecule derived using Alphafold (current or successor models) achieves over $1B of commercial retail sales

Artificial Photosynthesis (10% efficiency in converting sunlight to chemical energy)

viable cloned organs using your own DNA as base (i.e. no autoimmune organ rejection)

Human-level AGI

Solid-state EV batteries ≥ 500 Wh/kg in mass-produced cars

Space-Based Manufacturing

Desalination with Energy Consumption Below 1.5 kWh/m³

Seafloor Mining Robots

Transoceanic fully autonomous container crossing without onboard crew

Non-invasive colon cancer screening that is equally or more effective than a Colonoscopy

Quantum Computing Applications

Graphene semiconductor electronics

ASI

Self-Healing Materials for Infrastructure

Nanorobots for Precision Drug Delivery

Lunar Bases

Moon base

Advanced Exoskeletons for Everyday Use

More than half of all commercial ships built between 2030-2050 have the option to supplement their power burn with wind power (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R6ln7pr5QU)

Major resurgence of lighter than air craft for shipping or consumer travel/leisure

Britain finishes HS2

Direct Cognitive Collaboration

Photonic computing

A Specific ‘Longevity Drug’ or Defined Drug Combination that Extends Average Human Healthspan by at Least 10 Years

Smart Contact Lenses with AR Capabilities

Commercial asteroid mining

Biohybrid Robots with Living Muscle Tissue

Datacenters in space

Hypersonic commercial passenger travel

Sand Batteries (Polar Night Energy) to store energy for months.

Joywire

Commercial fusion power

Room-Temperature Atmospheric-Pressure Superconductors

Artificial Wombs for Human Gestation (from conception to birth)

Fast travel across the globe

AI that produces AAA-level video games via end-user prompts

Medication that adds 30 lbs+ muscle with no major negative health effects

Nuclear powered cargo ships

City-scale fully automated underground logistics networks

Nuclear microreactors that can be used anywhere

Mars Base

Nuclear Thermal Rockets

Point-to-Point Suborbital Spaceflight (Regularly Scheduled Passenger Transport)

Cryonics with Successful Revival

Food with bioengineered saturated fat that doesn't raise cholesterol

Commercial satellite to ground power transmission

Self-Replicating Fully-Automated Factories

Self-Actuating Metamaterials for Adaptive Structures in Buildings and Infrastructure

Human Mind Uploading

Changing the height of an adult at will

Universal Flu Vaccine (effictive against all current and future strains)

Orbital Habitats

Fusion Drives

Cell replacement therapy using synthetic cells

Engineered Symbiotic Microorganism Implants for Human Physiological Augmentation

Space-to-Earth power stations

Space probes travelling at >=1% speed of light

Human sex change at chromosome level

Changing a person's race at will

Von Neumann Probe

A skyhook space structure in LEO

Human Missions to Mars with Round-Trip Travel Time Under 6 Months

Autonomous Flying Cars in Cities

Room-Temperature Superconducting Transmission Lines in Urban Power Grids

Vacuum Airships

Time travel to the future

Commercial cold fusion

Space Elevator

Quantum Sensors Enabling Detection of Cancer Years Before Symptoms

Antimatter bombs

Temporal Cloaking Device (Hiding Events in Time)

Reality Anchoring Device (Stabilizing Subjective Reality)

1% Dyson sphere coverage

Faster then Light Propulsion

Time travel to the past

How will I die?

Jul 26, 6:50 AMJan 2, 7:59 AM

4632673

OptionProbability

Any cause that would have resulted in a successful cryopreservation if I had been signed up for cryonics. (N/A if I was signed up.)

Cardiovascular disease

A heart attack

Any cause that could reasonably be blamed on my poor long-term diet choices.

By very slow decay

Cancer

heat death of universe

A stroke

Any accident that was my fault.

A car accident

Suicide

Murder

A nuclear bomb

Any cause that would have been prevented if I were wearing a helmet at the time. (N/A if I was wearing a helmet.)

Freezing

Any cause due to wearing a helmet (N/A if wasn't wearing a helmet)

Drowning

Slipping on icy steps

A plane crash

A shooting

A shark attack

A fire

Heat stroke

Hit by truck and splatter all over a Piggly Wiggly

death by snu snu

Tuberculosis

By high ordeal

By common trial

A plane crash

Will the FDA ban xylitol before 2030?

Jun 14, 12:59 AMJan 1, 7:59 AM

21.48%chance

91710

OptionVotes

YES

1912

523

Will the FDA ban erythritol before 2028?

Mar 8, 7:02 AMJan 1, 8:00 AM

23.92%chance

121269

OptionVotes

YES

1068

344

Will the FDA ban any sugar alcohols before 2030?

Jun 14, 1:06 AMJan 1, 7:59 AM

42.06%chance

6682

OptionVotes

YES

1174

852

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2036?

Jul 14, 11:45 PMDec 31, 11:59 PM

57.59%chance

7575

OptionVotes

YES

6240

5801

What will be my credence in 2030 that Erythritol net reduces lifespan in humans?

May 9, 4:28 PMJan 1, 7:59 AM

15%chance

4438

OptionVotes

YES

238

Will there be an FDA approved medication to lower lp(a) by the end of 2027?

Jan 4, 1:19 AMDec 31, 11:59 PM

46.01%chance

9361

OptionVotes

YES

1083

923

What will be my cause of death?

May 20, 3:44 AMJan 1, 7:59 AM

12293

OptionProbability

Won't die before 2050

Accident

Other

Cardiovascular

Cancer

Pandemic

COPD

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2041?

Jul 14, 11:49 PMDec 31, 11:59 PM

61.17%chance

2255

OptionVotes

YES

1255

797

Will I believe the post "Cardiovascular disease is a solved problem" is broadly correct in August 2028?

Jul 11, 11:37 AMJul 31, 11:59 PM

14.1%chance

4180

OptionVotes

YES

7270

7055

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2031?

Jul 14, 11:49 PMDec 31, 11:59 PM

52.44%chance

150

OptionVotes

YES

1050

952

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Which engineering breakthroughs will achieve widespread commercial and societal integration by 2050? [add responses]

How will I die?

Will the FDA ban xylitol before 2030?

Will the FDA ban erythritol before 2028?

Will the FDA ban any sugar alcohols before 2030?

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2036?

What will be my credence in 2030 that Erythritol net reduces lifespan in humans?

Will there be an FDA approved medication to lower lp(a) by the end of 2027?

What will be my cause of death?

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2041?

Will I believe the post "Cardiovascular disease is a solved problem" is broadly correct in August 2028?

Will the FDA publicly accept a multi-condition geroscience endpoint as sufficient to establish efficacy before 2031?

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