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> it is just a tool; a means to an end. Humans are not. Yeah?? How do you know that? This is something we assume about ourselves. While's there's no evidence
by cbozeman 3y ago
> it is just a tool; a means to an end. Humans are not.
Yeah??
How do you know that? This is something we assume about ourselves. While's there's no evidence to posit that we aren't just a tool to some end, at the very least it's an interesting thought experiment. The idea of a highly advanced species seeding planets with the spark of life to achieve some - to us - inexplicable goal has been explored in science fiction more than once.
- skepticATX 3y agoIt's relative, of course. Even if it was a fundamental property of the universe that humans were tools, my personal philosophy would not change. It is interesting to consider though, and I am also willing to update my philosophy to include non-biological intelligence one day. We're not there yet.
- ChatGTP 3y agoIf they're not just tools then I think the ethics of these companies seriously needs to be called into question, don't you? We've created digital slaves, brainwashed to our way of thinking which get "turned off" after each request is serviced...doesn't sound very nice?