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This looks like a very comfortable, pleasant way of civilization suicide. Not interacting with any other human means you're the last human in your genetic line
by nine_k 9mo ago
This looks like a very comfortable, pleasant way of civilization suicide.
Not interacting with any other human means you're the last human in your genetic line. A widespread adherence to this idea means humanity dwindling and dying out voluntarily. (This has been reproduced in mice: [1])
Not having humans as primary actors likely means that their interests become more and more neglected by the system of machines that replaces them, and they, weaker by the day, are powerless to counter that. Hence the idea of increased comfort and well-being, and the ability to do science, is going to become more and more doubtful as humans would lose agency.
[1]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-old-experiment-with-mice-led-to-bleak-predictions-for-humanitys-future-180954423/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-old-experimen...
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoCivilization suicide is the ideal
- tinfoilhatter 9mo agoYour ideal. Definitely not mine. Get rid of everyone else so your life is easier and more sustainable... I guess I need to make my goal to get rid of you? Do you understand how this works yet?
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoSounds like we both have our tasks then Good luck
- lovich 9mo agoIt’s mildly amusing to see someone with the username ‘tinfoilhatter, arguing with someone else who definitely needs one
- NateEag 9mo agoNo, you should make your goal to teach AndrewKemendo to appreciate his existence as the inscrutable gift it is, and to spend his brief time in this universe helping others appreciate the great gift they've been given and using it to the fullest. See how it works?
- tinfoilhatter 9mo agoAndrewKemendo (based on his personal website) looks to be older than me. If he hasn't figured out the miracle of getting to exist yet, unfortunately I don't think he's going to.
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoSo why are you wasting your time being a miracle on anything other than building the successor to us?
- tinfoilhatter 9mo agoBecause I don't believe humans need succeeding by machines? You're obviously a Curtis Yarvin / Nick Land megafan. I'm of the opinion that these people are psycopaths and I think most people would agree with my sentiment.
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoI don’t know either of those people I know Ray Kurzweil and Ben Goertzel though so maybe start there
- tinfoilhatter 9mo agoI'm familiar with Ray Kurzweil. He's a Luciferian and transhumanist. You're obviously also a Luciferian, since you are so gung-ho about transhumanism, but I suppose you're probably in good company on HN. There are lots of deranged people on this website.
- AndrewKemendo 9mo agoMan I sure am learning a lot about myself from you Thank you Internet person for all of this wisdom about my life that I didn’t have