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RE: Will The Evolution Of Humankind Override "Intelligence" With "Meta-Intelligence"?

in #technology6 years ago

You seem to have a serenity to this development that I sometimes lose myself.

I chew on this topic from time to time and have two articles about artificial intelligence in my blog history. I am torn between serenity and anxiety and associate certain sceptical to apocalyptic thoughts with it.

Nevertheless, I am sure that the technological development towards your last described effects will probably no longer be experienced by myself in all its effects. I'm thinking more of future generations and my son.

I also dislike the enthusiasm with which the topic is hyped, especially on tech-focused platforms (Steemit is one of them). As a systemicist I always see both effects: the possible gain as well as the possible loss of human relationships.

It has become clear to me that efforts to "improve" people by either merging with machine technology or using it for decision-making processes are merely an attempt to reduce complexity. The reduction of complexity has always been part of humanity, such as religion, tradition and hierarchy. Or language itself. It seems that we are increasingly aiming to overcome the current complexity with a small lead. However, from my point of view I think that alternatives to this would be considered too few or too pessimistically. To work on dismantling or de-growth.

A really difficult subject.

All in all, I am more of a sceptic about the technological solutions promised, which have always been spread between humans like a kind of saviour for problems. The level of uncertainty is something that people find difficult to live with, yet it is exactly what is important. To be aware that trust begins where absolute answers cannot be found.

I will try to keep trusting.

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Thanks for coming around.

I am sure that the technological development towards your last described effects will probably no longer be experienced by myself in all its effects. I'm thinking more of future generations and my son.

Exactly; well, except a form of immortality is achieved before then, and you can extend your life indefinitely to witness all these technological advancements first-hand.

I'm a proponent of emerging technologies by the way; and from my opinion, technology is still in its infancy and we would experience further advancements geometrically.

Imagine how some few years from now would be in the tech world... we can only imagine that.

Ah, ... well. Then my question to you would be:

Why do you want to be immortal?

Maybe not really immortal, but to be able to reverse the effects of senescence. Who wouldn't want that ability?

Maybe it would give us more time to figure out how to solve the world's problem.. People would now know they would stick around for a while, so they wouldn't want to mess up Mother Earth

What would be the ideal lifespan?

Lol.. Well, the point is; it should be placed into our hands the ability to determine how long we would live. But that's my opinion though :D