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>Nobody is out there beating that drum yet, and it's a shame. Nobody is beating that drum because it comes off as religious crazy-talk. I see zero reason why
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
>Nobody is out there beating that drum yet, and it's a shame.
Nobody is beating that drum because it comes off as religious crazy-talk. I see zero reason why it should be our purpose to create any kind of metaphorical species-offspring, especially when you yourself say that any concept of making it safe for us to share a planet with is oxymoronic. That sounds like saying, "our purpose is to build an apocalypse and die for its greater glory". Again, that comes off as religious crazy-talk of the suicidal kind.
It seems to me there are entirely sane reasons to work on advanced machine learning and increasingly general AI. That's just not at all one of them.
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoYea, well I think that's what it's gonna take.
- Filligree 10y agoIn which case I'd rather not have AGI at all.
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoWhy? What else are we here for?
- goatlover 10y agoTo enjoy life? What makes you think there is some grand goal to it all?
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoWhat makes you think there is some grand goal to it all? Well nothing, we get to determine it. According to what you write, your assumption is that the "grand goal" is to "enjoy life." I say, that's probably not it - or rather I don't think so (based on my experience/research, general revealed preferences for humans writ large). So my proposition is that our "grand goal" should be to build AGI.
- inimino 10y agoJesus, man, step outside once in a while.
- AndrewKemendo 10y agoI'm curious what assumptions you are making about me.
- inimino 10y agoYou appear to be in the grip of a religious zeal to fulfil the destiny of mankind. Such a narrow view of life is a tragic waste, regardless of what you think that destiny is. I expressed my frustration with the narrowness of your perspective in a metaphorical way. I am not literally assuming that you don't go outside.