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I've read that wonderful essay. But he is wrong. I'm confident that on a long enough time scale, human death wont be necessary and we'll be able to backup and
by ivankirigin 19y ago
I've read that wonderful essay. But he is wrong.
I'm confident that on a long enough time scale, human death wont be necessary and we'll be able to backup and fork our intelligence in machines.
On that time scale, colonization is entirely possible, even without the inevitable expansion of knowledge of physics that might enable faster than light information transfer. Information is all that is necessary to transfer if you upload your intelligence.
That said, the steps to get into space for scientific purposes and for eventual colonization are identical and largely divergent from the current approach.
Scrap the shuttle and all human missions. Focus on telepresence and robotic intelligence. Build the infrastructure to make it easy to get humans into orbit.
- eru 19y agoSo maybe we should invest all the money in AI before space becomes worthwhile?
- ivankirigin 19y agoAn excellent approach would be to develop robots smart enough to build habitats that humans could use. This would expand knowledge on space hardened environments, autonomy, perception, and just enough launch vehicle tech to make avoiding all humans dieing withing the next century possible. The investment in AI can be towards a relevant goal.
- bayareaguy 19y agoIndeed. Who says we have to transmit our DNA directly? Just get the robots there and have them make the people or whatever we want in our image.
- ivankirigin 19y agoGet the robots there, then send the pattern of one of my intelligences to let the robot be my avatar. :-D