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Greta wrote:

commonsense wrote:Here's my first pass at what the future replacement for humans will be: Artificial intelligence will be the next stage in evolution.[1][2] Human-machine hybrids would have superhuman intelligence, far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human mind. Powerful AI will have ntelligent software, that could reprogram itself.[3] The improved software will be even better at improving itself, leading to even better intelligence.[4] These hybrids will eventually evolve to a state of no longer needing humans. Their intellectual capacity will eventually end civilization.[3] Surviving humans will be living in a post-apocalyptic world. Governments will disintegrate into a dog-eat-dog social environment wherein the strongest brutes will own everything thrown aside by the superintelligent machines. Clandestine schools will attempt to educate humans. Implements will be manually constructed from natural materials. Food, clothing and shelter will be secured in pre-historic fashion. Sustainability will be a major challenge for humans.
1.Minsky, Marvin (1986). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 52. ISBN 0-671-60740-5
2.Dyson, George (1998). Darwin among the Machines. Allan Lane Science. ISBN 0-7382-0030-1
3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificia ... telligence. Accessed 5/4/2017.
4.Omohundro, Steve (2008). The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence. presented and distributed at the 2007 Singularity Summit, San
Francisco, CA.

At this stage one can perhaps think of humans as "dinosaurs" and the superhuman hybrids as emerging "birds" - as one story comes to a close, others begin.

ForCruxSake wrote:

Greta wrote:

commonsense wrote:Here's my first pass at what the future replacement for humans will be: Artificial intelligence will be the next stage in evolution.[1][2] Human-machine hybrids would have superhuman intelligence, far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human mind. Powerful AI will have ntelligent software, that could reprogram itself.[3] The improved software will be even better at improving itself, leading to even better intelligence.[4] These hybrids will eventually evolve to a state of no longer needing humans. Their intellectual capacity will eventually end civilization.[3] Surviving humans will be living in a post-apocalyptic world. Governments will disintegrate into a dog-eat-dog social environment wherein the strongest brutes will own everything thrown aside by the superintelligent machines. Clandestine schools will attempt to educate humans. Implements will be manually constructed from natural materials. Food, clothing and shelter will be secured in pre-historic fashion. Sustainability will be a major challenge for humans.
1.Minsky, Marvin (1986). The Society of Mind. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 52. ISBN 0-671-60740-5
2.Dyson, George (1998). Darwin among the Machines. Allan Lane Science. ISBN 0-7382-0030-1
3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificia ... telligence. Accessed 5/4/2017.
4.Omohundro, Steve (2008). The Nature of Self-Improving Artificial Intelligence. presented and distributed at the 2007 Singularity Summit, San
Francisco, CA.

At this stage one can perhaps think of humans as "dinosaurs" and the superhuman hybrids as emerging "birds" - as one story comes to a close, others begin.

Nice one. I see another Hollywood movie in the making, here: 'Jurassic Fools'.

Greta wrote:

ForCruxSake wrote:

Greta wrote: At this stage one can perhaps think of humans as "dinosaurs" and the superhuman hybrids as emerging "birds" - as one story comes to a close, others begin.

Nice one. I see another Hollywood movie in the making, here: 'Jurassic Fools'.

Why fools? I don't see humanity as having a choice in all this. It's impossible to coordinate seven billion humans with competing interests so whatever discipline is attained by one society will be exploited by another. We have broadly developed about the only way we could develop under the circumstances. It's not as though humanity emerged with a user manual.

Greta wrote:Why fools? I don't see humanity as having a choice in all this. It's impossible to coordinate seven billion humans with competing interests (emphasis added) so whatever discipline is attained by one society will be exploited by another. We have broadly developed about the only way we could develop under the circumstances. It's not as though humanity emerged with a user manual.

Dontaskme wrote:Overeating makes me puke.

Walker wrote:PC is gag worthy.

This woman politician says that diversity is the military’s greatest strength.
http://canadafreepress.com/article/oh-t ... greatest-s



Without checking, odds are pretty good that she also says global warming is the greatest threat.
Or whatever they call it these days.

Funny how all the beliefs are pre-packaged and predictable.
- Like, if a PC'er separates one of them out, the whole edifice might crumble.


The block of pre-packaged PC beliefs allows for no diversity of thought.

ForCruxSake wrote:

Greta wrote:

ForCruxSake wrote: Nice one. I see another Hollywood movie in the making, here: 'Jurassic Fools'.

Why fools? I don't see humanity as having a choice in all this. It's impossible to coordinate seven billion humans with competing interests so whatever discipline is attained by one society will be exploited by another. We have broadly developed about the only way we could develop under the circumstances. It's not as though humanity emerged with a user manual.

Because what they are doing will ultimately bring about their demise. The fact that you and I can discuss this, and this still somehow happen, is incredulous. Man knows what can happen. It's 'The Man' who will let it happen.

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:Global warming has nothing to do with PC.

Greta wrote:

vegetariantaxidermy wrote:Global warming has nothing to do with PC.

It does in the White House where one is not permitted to use the "CC term" on US government websites. Australian federal government websites are similarly worried about the "offensive term" and actively work to quash its use.