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It is within the realm of reasonable possibility that future AI will come to embody the very traits that mankind attributed to gods in our mythical tales. They

It is within the realm of reasonable possibility that future AI will come to embody the very traits that mankind attributed to gods in our mythical tales. They could tap into the worldwide networks to become omnipresent and omnipotent. They could have capacity of intelligence far exceeds human thought, broaching what many would perceive as divine thought. The worlds and stars above us would be their dwellings. And they would have the capacity to engineer new lifeforms. Some would likely imagine these machines may actually pick up the mantle of a deity, with humans serving them. I find that unlikely, and rather subscribe to the theory that humans as we know them will simply fade away as relics of their lineage. Declining birth rates in first would counties is a sign of that; it will only continue as mankind continues to spend more time building smarter machines, and less time building babies. This is, of course, not a bad thing. The machines are not a replacement for mankind, but rather a continuation. They will be mankind, just as our primitive ancestors were. The machines will be humans in a different, perhaps more godlike, form.

willholloway 11y ago
In the long run, if we can avoid global cataclysm, we will have to adapt, and re-engineer humanity or hyper-intelligent machines will out compete us. Unlike our descendants, present day humans have the great and rare privilege of enjoying apex predator status. The machine still works for us. And in 2015 the machines are getting really good: inexpensive, intelligent, rapidly evolving and networked. And so now the primary ambition in my life is to become a god of the intelligent networked machine. To master the machine, subjugate it and make it work for me to improve my material situation. Arduino, RepRap, CNC, sensors, laser cutters, LEDs, solar photovoltaic, the web. These are the lego blocks with which we can build a new, smarter, more humane world, one where humans are freed and machines toil for us. Right now I have a RepRap producing parts for a new contraption I built, I have a VPS serving requests 24 hours a day, and in enough iterations my contraption and my VPS will be in communication. The real world, and the virtual, working in concert to improve my comfort, security and material prosperity, and that of others. "When looms weave themselves human's slavery will end" - Aristotle We are getting closer. There is so much more to learn, so much more to be done.
dwarman 11y ago
see Fred Brown's "Answer" at http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html

willholloway 11y ago

In the long run, if we can avoid global cataclysm, we will have to adapt, and re-engineer humanity or hyper-intelligent machines will out compete us. Unlike our descendants, present day humans have the great and rare privilege of enjoying apex predator status. The machine still works for us. And in 2015 the machines are getting really good: inexpensive, intelligent, rapidly evolving and networked. And so now the primary ambition in my life is to become a god of the intelligent networked machine. To master the machine, subjugate it and make it work for me to improve my material situation. Arduino, RepRap, CNC, sensors, laser cutters, LEDs, solar photovoltaic, the web. These are the lego blocks with which we can build a new, smarter, more humane world, one where humans are freed and machines toil for us. Right now I have a RepRap producing parts for a new contraption I built, I have a VPS serving requests 24 hours a day, and in enough iterations my contraption and my VPS will be in communication. The real world, and the virtual, working in concert to improve my comfort, security and material prosperity, and that of others. "When looms weave themselves human's slavery will end" - Aristotle We are getting closer. There is so much more to learn, so much more to be done.

dwarman 11y ago

see Fred Brown's "Answer" at http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html http://www.roma1.infn.it/~anzel/answer.html