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> I do value the species over the individual Not so far into the future, people probably won't even be the same species. Even back a couple hundred thousand y
by nverno 3y ago
> I do value the species over the individual
Not so far into the future, people probably won't even be the same species. Even back a couple hundred thousand years, we probably couldn't mate with our ancestors. Does longtermism place value on making sure future people are genetically similar to us?
Species don't seem that important to me, in the long-term, as they are all quite ephemeral.
- ianburrell 3y agoThe importance of species shows up in longterm focus on AI. They are worried that AI will eliminate or replace humans. It ignores that AI could be people. Are faithful AI better descendants than diverged humans? Consider the scenario when humans can't live off of Earth so it isn't possible to colonize the galaxy. What is the value of Earth humans compared to AI that can spread across the galaxy?
- imtringued 3y ago> Does longtermism place value on making sure future people are genetically similar to us? You don't get 10^58 people in flesh and blood bodies. Most of them only exist in their version of the matrix inside a quantum computer.