Sam Altman and eternal youth
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is 38 years old. He is interested in the secrets of aging and is ready to invest in the development of a new generation of eternal youth pills.
It is because of fear of aging that Altman regularly exercises, is vegetarian, and takes metformin.
It is a drug often prescribed for type 2 diabetes and is also considered a promising geroprotector, a substance with the ability to increase life expectancy.
The billionaire is sure that metformin really slows down the activity of cells responsible for the aging of the body.
“As we age, these senescent cells build up in the body and their secretions can begin to contribute to a number of age-related diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, lung and kidney problems,” the article says. business insider.
However, doctors still believe that metformin should not be taken by healthy people, as it can cause side effects in such patients.
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Some researchers believe that the targeted elimination of such “aging cells” could be a new way to slow aging and potentially increase an active lifespan.
From the American Mayo Clinic, Dr. James Kirkland said they’ve tested similar drug combinations, but only in people with serious illnesses. In no case urged to take such drugs in the absence of diseases.
“These drugs should not be taken by the public. They are not for prevention. We use them in very serious cases, ”the doctor assured.
He expressed hope that in the future such drugs could help patients with incurable cancer, including glioblastoma.
Peter Thiel and his body freezing
Peter Thiel, 55, one of the founders of the PayPal payment system, has publicly announced that his body will be frozen after he dies so that his grandchildren have a chance to resurrect him in the future.
The tech billionaire revealed his plan in an interview with journalist Bary Weiss on a podcast. Honestly with Bari Weiss.
When asked if humanity can beat death, Thiel replied that no billionaire has ever tried it.
“We must either defeat death or at least find out why this is impossible,” the entrepreneur added.
At the same time, Thiel doubts that the ice cream will actually be successful. According to the billionaire, this is more of an experiment than a real possibility to extend one’s own life.
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Thiel formally authorized his body to be cryogenically frozen after death. The businessman admitted that he did not recommend the technology to his family. He believes technology is still flawed and it’s too early to talk about its potential for all of humanity.
“I don’t expect this to actually work, but at least we need to start trying experiments like this,” the IT businessman said of his decision.
In April, the Thiel Foundation invested in Cryopets, a startup that freezes dead pets.
Elon Musk and AI fusion
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk turns 52 in 2023. And he sees human development in synthesis with artificial intelligence.
The billionaire plans to realize his plan through two startups – OpenAI, which is responsible for open development in the field of artificial intelligence, and Neuralink, which deals with chip implantation in the human brain.
According to Musk’s idea, the chip will first replace the smartphone, then enable the person to connect with artificial intelligence. The businessman is afraid of the power of artificial intelligence and believes that this is the only way to avoid the conflict between humanity and machines.
“Actually, the chip fits very well inside the skull. It could be under your hair and no one would notice,” he said in one of the presentations.
Neuralink took longer to develop than the billionaire had originally planned. But at the end of May this year, the startup officially received permission for clinical trials of the chip in humans, two years later than expected. The entrepreneur said that the first tests were done on mice and monkeys and were successful.
According to Musk, the chip will help prolong the lifespan of people with disabilities. He gave the example of helping paralyzed people by activating electronic discharges via a chip. In the future, technology will enable the businessman to control hormones, cope with anxiety and allow the brain to work more efficiently. Musk is confident that all this will allow you to lead an active life in old age.
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At the same time, Elon Musk, unlike some of his colleagues, sees death as an extremely important element of life and opposes immortality.
“I think it’s important for us to die because most of the time people don’t change their minds. If they live forever, then we can be a very ossified society where new ideas won’t succeed,” Musk said. report Wall Street Journal reporter Joanne Stern.
The entrepreneur has now launched a new artificial intelligence startup called X.ai. According to unofficial information, for the sake of the project, the billionaire bought about 10 thousand GPUs, which are often used to increase computing power in the field of AI projects.
Jensen Huang and being a robot
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in an interview with a TV channel CNBC At the age of 60, he said he wanted to run the company as a human for 30-40 years and then become a robot.
“I can’t say for sure how long I can run the company, but I think it’s another thirty or forty years. After that, I can become a robot and continue running the company for the same amount of time,” he said.
Thus, Huang answered the journalist’s question when Nvidia chairman planned to step down from his post. The Taiwan-born billionaire is currently the longest-serving CEO of an IT company.
He founded Nvidia in 1993 and was its first and so far only CEO for 30 years.
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According to this assistantSpeaking of transforming into a robot, Huang most likely wanted to joke about his longevity.
However, neither he nor the journalist laughed while speaking on the air. In this context, it is not possible to say with certainty how serious the billionaire was in his statements.
Huang is known as a supporter of the development of artificial intelligence and was presented to the audience in the form of a “digital copy” in the past. In August 2021, part of the Nvidia CEO’s speech at the GTC 2021 conference was conducted by his virtual copy, not himself.
“To create a virtual Jensen, teams performed full 3D scans of his face and body, then trained the AI to mimic his movements and expressions,” the company wrote in a blog post.
Back then, a virtual Huang was created by digitizing a real leader in a room full of cameras. Huang’s kitchen, which has become Nvidia’s new performance venue since the beginning of the pandemic, is also entirely computer-generated.
Source: Gazeta
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