[ExI] Machines of Loving Grace

[BillK]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 at 18:57, Keith Henson via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I strongly suspect that technological progress will stop and we are
> almost at the place where we can see this in our future.
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> Keith
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That is a rather challenging statement!  :)

Dario Amodei's article talks about revolutionising the world over the
next 5 to 10 years.
With advanced AI accelerating scientific research in every field, it
will lead to extended lifespan, freedom from disease and power over
nature that we can hardly imagine.
If the Singularity arrives within 10 years, then by definition, we
cannot predict that future.
But if humanity survives, I cannot see us deciding that no more
research is necessary and settling down in a comfortable virtual
universe playground. Even if humanity does hand research over to the
AIs, we still want them to keep providing new toys for us!  :)
Although that is heading towards the famous book by Neil Postman
"Amusing Ourselves to Death".

BillK