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Let's talk about the future of humanity and AI's
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:05 pm
I think it's safe to say that many the beings that inhabit this earth a mere 500 years from now or less will not be 100% human. Artificial intelligence technology is growing rapidly and someday we will wonder how and where they first entered society and why we didn't see the signs.
I'm not saying that to insinuate that AI's are going to be the end of humanity in a terminator-esque way. I think that humans will see that the only way to move past the physical, aging and constantly deteriorating human form is to engineer it with biotechnology applications. From nanobots that are able to perform procedures before the symptoms of a potential life ending complication set in to healing from a torn ligament in days, not months or years..I think you will start to see the early signs of the AI set in as humans try to engineer themselves to move beyond the simple, droll evolutionary constraints set upon us by nature.
That is where the actual first full fledged AI's could come in. They would be able to inhabit worlds much harsher than our own..would be able to travel unimaginable distances to create new colonies. I know it all sounds scary and there is a good reason to be concerned. But lets face it..The only way humans are going to be able to live forever one day is to engineer themselves and others--be that ethical or not. And I think it's not a matter of IF but when.
I think it's an interesting proposition to think about the future of humanity in the sense that even we humans will become technological beings. I assume that is also the only way to one day be able to communicate with an ancient civilization--if we are ever able to at all.
I'm not saying that to insinuate that AI's are going to be the end of humanity in a terminator-esque way. I think that humans will see that the only way to move past the physical, aging and constantly deteriorating human form is to engineer it with biotechnology applications. From nanobots that are able to perform procedures before the symptoms of a potential life ending complication set in to healing from a torn ligament in days, not months or years..I think you will start to see the early signs of the AI set in as humans try to engineer themselves to move beyond the simple, droll evolutionary constraints set upon us by nature.
That is where the actual first full fledged AI's could come in. They would be able to inhabit worlds much harsher than our own..would be able to travel unimaginable distances to create new colonies. I know it all sounds scary and there is a good reason to be concerned. But lets face it..The only way humans are going to be able to live forever one day is to engineer themselves and others--be that ethical or not. And I think it's not a matter of IF but when.
I think it's an interesting proposition to think about the future of humanity in the sense that even we humans will become technological beings. I assume that is also the only way to one day be able to communicate with an ancient civilization--if we are ever able to at all.
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Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:06 pm to Mullet Flap
Kill it with fire
Posted on 7/8/15 at 10:08 pm to Mullet Flap
As long as I can artificially elongate my deal idgaf what else is going on
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:23 pm to Mullet Flap
Interesting topic. It won't be long until we can upload our consciousness into a mech warrior type machine. That will lead to inserting our consciousness into the Internet, where our minds will be able to live forever.
It's a very exciting time.
It's a very exciting time.
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 11:24 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:41 pm to Mullet Flap
If you're a student of human evolution, you'll easily see that AI is the logical next step in the transmission of sentience into the Universe. Humans, in our current form, cannot go into space or to other environments because we are biological creatures that must adapt to new environments.
AI doesn't have that constraint. It will be able to evolve on the fly as it approaches new circumstances. There's also the absence of that annoying human characteristic, death. What a waste is it to educate a brilliant human only to have it die after a very few productive decades.
AI will be able to constantly update a central information repository. "The Borg" collective, which is a fictitious cyborg species, is also a possible scenario for future intelligence resulting from human evolution. However, I personally think, and hope,that we can avoid any necessity of continuing as a biological species. Messy, messy, messy.
AI doesn't have that constraint. It will be able to evolve on the fly as it approaches new circumstances. There's also the absence of that annoying human characteristic, death. What a waste is it to educate a brilliant human only to have it die after a very few productive decades.
AI will be able to constantly update a central information repository. "The Borg" collective, which is a fictitious cyborg species, is also a possible scenario for future intelligence resulting from human evolution. However, I personally think, and hope,that we can avoid any necessity of continuing as a biological species. Messy, messy, messy.
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 11:50 pm
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