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Let's say we get AGI that costs billions to run, can't do some simple things well, don't have good cheap robots to use, but discovers a way to lengthen the huma

• johnnyworker 3y ago
  > don't have good cheap robots to use https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/17/reverse-centaur/#reverse-centaur https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/17/reverse-centaur/#reverse-... > Pretty transformative if you ask me. It's a fairy tale that only serves to play for time. Fewer and fewer control more and more, and they will not suddenly play nice once they no longer need the consent of workers and/or the public, or can force people without their consent. That never passed the smell test. Life, as a whole, already is immortal. Immortal individuals will at best kick away the ladder, and stop the stream of life. So they can live forever, and nobody else gets born. Only the people who are the worst at living, and the least wise, would even want this. I noticed this as early as the late 90s... the people who were excited about immortality exuded all sorts of things, but decidedly not life. That hasn't changed. It's like power, those who want it the most are the ones who should under no circumstances be allowed to have it.
• lm28469 3y ago
  Most death are lifestyle related, you already can extend your life significantly. Also it would finish hour already crumbling system