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I love how, per the quote, he thinks we're anywhere close to being able to merge with AI. I'm a neuroscientist and, man alive, we're no where close to being ab

I love how, per the quote, he thinks we're anywhere close to being able to merge with AI. I'm a neuroscientist and, man alive, we're no where close to being able to merge with machines. Like, do you have any idea how many diseases we could eradicate if we could modify neurons like that? Like, for real, 'curing death' would be step 9 or 10 on that 1000 step journey. I hope you see how terribly uninformed such a take is then.

tivert 3y ago
> I hope you see how terribly uninformed such a take is then. Yeah, I only quoted it to show how that other statement up-thread can't be taken seriously. The only way I can square it is if it's a lie, or they're reassuring themselves whatever destruction comes will be fine as long as "there will be peace and security in [their] lifetime."
- jprete 3y ago
  You're assuming people have coherent beliefs, but they don't. It's possible to intellectually believe AI has high extinction risk and emotionally be convinced to work on it anyway, without reconciling the two.