[ExI] Will Robots Replace the Kids We’re Not Having?

efc at disroot.org efc at disroot.org
Thu Oct 31 14:12:58 UTC 2024



On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:

> Will Robots Replace the Kids We’re Not Having?
> by Thomas Frey | Oct 31, 2024
>
> <https://futuristspeaker.com/artificial-intelligence/will-robots-replace-the-kids-were-not-having/>
> Quotes:
> In recent years, two significant trends have been reshaping the global
> landscape: the rapid rise of robotics in various sectors of the
> economy and the declining birth rates in many developed countries.
> These two phenomena, seemingly unrelated at first glance, converge to
> pose a provocative question: Will robots fill the economic roles
> traditionally held by a growing human population?
> The potential replacement of human population growth with robotic
> labor extends far beyond economic considerations, touching the very
> core of how we define ourselves as individuals and as a society. As we
> navigate this unprecedented shift, we are compelled to reconsider
> fundamental aspects of human existence and societal structure.
> ------------------
>
> Just another of the dramatic changes that the AGI Singularity will bring?

At last, the answer to Fermis paradox! Aliens, us included, simply lose 
interest in children, once they get advanced enough, and simply and slowly 
fade out of existence.

Either that, or they become spiritually powerful enough to transcend to 
the divine and spiritual plane of being! ;)


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