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Life should be defined extremely narrowly, as in requires DNA or RNA. This frees us to consider equally complex non-living things (like AIs) on their own terms,
by millstone 6y ago
Life should be defined extremely narrowly, as in requires DNA or RNA. This frees us to consider equally complex non-living things (like AIs) on their own terms, without being hung up on whether they are alive or not.
- patcon 6y agoDoesn't that make us willfully blind to when they might arrive on our terms. This sort of "let's put it aside" thinking led to some dark places in the past, and we'll eventually come to them again with non-biological complex systems of emergence. I'd personally define it more widely, as I think that's more aligned with reality. It's much more of a gradient than we usually take it for, imho disclaimer: biochemist in a past life