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lil  ·  4308 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biological Intelligence is a Fleeting Phase in the Evolution of the Universe

    end with us leaving our biological systems behind all together
so you are actually talking about something "post-biological" - ... I can't see it yet. I hope we can work things out on this planet.




mk  ·  4307 days ago  ·  link  ·  

IMO it all comes down to how artificial intelligence arises. If we can create non-human intelligence that supercedes our own, then I think we have little choice but to be left in the dust.

Non-biological intelligence won't be tethered to us for long, and will probably start doing things for its own reasons. However, that is an interesting situation in of itself: we have evolutionarily ingrained bahaviors that mix with our intelligence. Non-biological intelligence will not. Therefore, its motivations might seem very alien to us.

theadvancedapes  ·  4308 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Becoming post-biological does not mean we will leave this planet. But it will enable us to inhabit multiple planets (and multiple star systems). Unless... transcension.