Pacific Rim: square cube law, giant death robot, and Earth terrafroming w/ Stephen Granade

Published: March 20, 2018, 5:05 a.m.

Brain-controlled machines \n\n

Brain-machine interfaces. EEG. The advantage of the group over the individual. Humans in tandem with AI and the closing window of human cognitive superiority. Computational offloading. Wetware/hardware integration and explaining the \u201cexcessive\u201d neural load of Jaeger drift.

\n\n Drifting \n\n

Localized neural \u201cloops.\u201d Neural load and body mass. Chasing the rabbit. Multiple input control vectors. Meatsack adaptations and proprioception. Human biofeedback and ambulation vs \u201cEmergence of Locomotion Behaviours in Rich Environments\u201d

\n\n Square-cube business \n\n

Materials and size scales and the inappropriateness of humanoid design for your giiiiiiiiiiant robots. The square cube law. Don\u2019t forget Godzilla and King Kong!

\n\n Kaiju \n\n

Neural loads and signal speed. Central pattern generators and \u201cbutt brains\u201d and how the dinosaurs didn\u2019t have them. Blue ammonia heavy metal blood. Atmospheric pressures.

\n\n J\xe4gers \n\n

Metallic construction. Irrational fear of alloys. Possible material engineering choices. Beryllium is the worst.\xa0 Graphene and spraying pencils. Incentive systems for robot design. Square cube again. Density.

\n\n Power sources \n\n

The subtlety of nuclear reactors vs nuclear bombs. Orion nuclear blast spacecraft. Carl Sagan. Energy density of fuel sources. Nuclear testing for fun and profit. Playing science fast and loose.

\n\n Alien terraforming projects \n\n

Playing the looooooooong game. Statistical Great Filter analyses. Earth is a fixer-upper. Jerk bully aliens.

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  3. \n\t\t\t\tStephen on Pacific Rim again but with more physics: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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