Hi All,
Sometimes, Hawkings sees the world and the universe in a negative light; always seeing the possibility of extinction and not evolution, always looking into the event horizon instead of examining supernovae.
Humanity, in all its fragile existence, will not survive another thousand years if we won't evolve into something capable of surviving a mass extinction event. Two ways, we go cybernetic and become imortals - basically becoming something like Brainiac or we shoot ourselves to space in all directions - expand and evolve humanity into space nomads like the Quarians in the Mass Effect universe.
Other than those two, humanity might end up going the way of the dodo.
Peace and prosperity to all,
Jack the Reader.
hawking does not say the whole truth anyway. I have many blogs about AI... Look for this one when you get a chance: The AI Paradox: Black Goo, Supramolecular Scale And 4D Printed Programmable Materials
Hi earthcustodians,
I will definitely check those posts out.
Hawking, although a mind unparalleled, is just voicing out his opinions. AI does have a possibility of going rogue and wiping humanity clean ala terminator, but the chances for that happening is slim. I mean just hit them with EMP's and they're all done for.
The only "affected" people are us. Those who live their lives with internet dependence. Ask people living in rural areas and they can all live without the internet and the AI's mind is only as good as all our minds combined. So, its fair game. They might wipe us out of existence or maybe they can help us transcend into godlike beings.
Lastly, try visiting my blog this weekend. I'll post something about AI that you might like.
Peace,
Jack the Reader.