- 09 Nov 2011 18:10
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At least read the premise of the thread and not just the title. This is about technology developing to a point where AI and robotic platforms can outperform and replace human beings in any and every capacity so that humanity as a whole, not just the workers, but the managers, the elites, etc, are designated as a permanent leisure class.
Yes, they could engage in rampant hedonism and pleasure for its own sake, but scholarly pursuit, philosophy, etc - these would all be meaningless. The former could be done better by a machine, and who needs theories of government when a central AI handles it on behalf of human beings?
This is science fiction, perhaps, but humanity has a fetish for technology, and the development of AI seems to be a priority goal among engineers. The general consensus seems to be that the singularity and the technological achievement this represents cannot get here fast enough.
Is this, however, desirable? Should we be working toward such a goal? Should government go so far as to impede it by banning AI outright, in favor of sophisticated simulated intelligence? This question assumes AI is possible.
Obsolete to who? Humanity serves itself, not some omnipotent lord in the sky.
At least read the premise of the thread and not just the title. This is about technology developing to a point where AI and robotic platforms can outperform and replace human beings in any and every capacity so that humanity as a whole, not just the workers, but the managers, the elites, etc, are designated as a permanent leisure class.
Yes, they could engage in rampant hedonism and pleasure for its own sake, but scholarly pursuit, philosophy, etc - these would all be meaningless. The former could be done better by a machine, and who needs theories of government when a central AI handles it on behalf of human beings?
This is science fiction, perhaps, but humanity has a fetish for technology, and the development of AI seems to be a priority goal among engineers. The general consensus seems to be that the singularity and the technological achievement this represents cannot get here fast enough.
Is this, however, desirable? Should we be working toward such a goal? Should government go so far as to impede it by banning AI outright, in favor of sophisticated simulated intelligence? This question assumes AI is possible.