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We fleshy humans will never visit other stars, but our AI children will be able to explore the galaxy with all the time in the world.
by jay_kyburz 1y ago
We fleshy humans will never visit other stars, but our AI children will be able to explore the galaxy with all the time in the world.
- datavirtue 1y agoI'm in an AI cult. Send help. No don't.
- saulpw 1y agoBecause hardware never breaks, especially not on galactic timescales, and without resources to perpetually replace failing components.
- jay_kyburz 1y agoThey will have whole galaxies of resources! Massive amounts of redundancy. Mines, Refineries, and Factories on planetary scales. Not going to happen tomorrow, but perhaps in the next few thousand years something will be ready to begin its journey.
- stickfigure 1y agohttps://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
- em-bee 1y agoif you like science fiction, you may enjoy reading the bobiverse by dennis e. taylor. it describes exactly that scenario, except that the AI is an uploaded human. but that's pretty much the same thing.