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This is unrelated, but something that always struck me as odd about people who fear the singularity due to an impending machine attack: What's so bad about that
by amackera 16y ago
This is unrelated, but something that always struck me as odd about people who fear the singularity due to an impending machine attack: What's so bad about that? Maybe machines are a natural evolution of our culture. They are created by us, and therefore are imbued with some aspect of our nature, perhaps humanity's destiny is to cultivate a species of sentient machines, then die off?
- JeremyBanks 16y agoAlthough I am personally sympathetic with your position, I don't think the idea of us being replaced by machines is something most people are going to ever be comfortable with. They would probably disagree with the view that the machines would constitute any a tolerable continuation of our existence. Many people are already worried about how scientific advancements are "dehumanizing" us.
- kiba 16y agoWhy does it alway be about "replacing" us. What about a total upgrade?
- JeremyBanks 16y agoWith respect to my post: I was responding to his question "What's so bad about that?" which took replacement as a premise. Generally: I'd prefer an upgrade, but I worry that if we achieve strong AI it will be an extremely difficult problem [1] to ensure it behaves nicely -- so replacement may be more likely than upgrading. If we focus on augmenting human intelligence and not on developing independent intelligence this may be less of a problem, but I don't know which research paths will be more fruitful. [1] http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Friendly_artificial_intelligence
- mcantor 16y agoWatch the original "Ghost in the Shell" movie if you haven't; it touches on this line of thinking in some very cerebral but accessible and thought-provoking ways.