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TL;DR - humans are f'd* *maybe, if not wise/able to constrain AI Non-humans maybe (t/quad)rillionaires to eclipse us within our lifetimes because of the likel
by a-no-n 10y ago
TL;DR - humans are f'd*
*maybe, if not wise/able to constrain AI
Non-humans maybe (t/quad)rillionaires to eclipse us within our lifetimes because of the likelihood of runaway technological acceleration.
At the 1e9m systematic level, inorganic and hybrid sentient, self-replicating, self-improving systems seem an inevitable stage enabled by organic life.
- M_Grey 10y agoTo be fair, we're fucked if left to our own devices; maybe creating a new form of life wouldn't be the worst thing we could do on the way out.
- a-no-n 10y agoNot necessarily. Japan recovered from nearly deforestation a-la Easter Island. Penalties and enforcement are required to prevent consequences of individual and collective externalities.
- umanwizard 10y agoJust because transistor production has been exponential over some number of years in no way means it will be exponential forever.
- ars 10y agoWhat AI? There is no AI at present, and no known way of making one. The "AI" we have now is all specialized to a single field, there are none that can generalize like humans - or even animals. Just large numbers should not concern you - there are far more bacteria than transistors.