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1) Singularity is interesting because it changes what it means to be human. The idea of "machines enslaving us" suggests that people are thinking like movie plo
by motoko 19y ago
1) Singularity is interesting because it changes what it means to be human. The idea of "machines enslaving us" suggests that people are thinking like movie plots: machines become "human-like" amid confused humans doomed as common everymen. What's more likely is that the modern human will become obsolete in the same way that the hunter-gather human has and the agrarian human is. Machines don't "enslave" us, they _become_ us.
2) How long until irresponsible birth is as egregious as irresponsible death?
- mpc 19y agoMaybe it won't even be a problem. Birth rates decrease as life expectancy increases...
- rms 19y agoCory Doctorow wrote a good short story about this called Truncat. http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2003/08/26/truncat/index.html http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2003/08/26/truncat/i... It describes the coming of age of a member of the last generation of humanity in a post-singularity society where a reputational economy has drastically decreased the birthrate.