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Although 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 c
by JeremyBanks 16y ago
Although 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