[MURG] AI as R&D for MU (was: uploading IP)

[Yan King Yin]

From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>

>A little bit of AI is wonderful, but the tools stop being tools when they
>become persons. 

Precisely, and my stong conviction is that AI will remain a
tool. Creating a tool to become our master is simply not
human nature. If you understand this point then the future
will be quite predictable, versus a lot of catastrophic
scenarios based on unnatural assumptions.

>I don't see any necessity for that, the humans only appear visible (hostile
>at that) in the initial stages of AI self-enhancement loop (which can be
>extremely rapid according to straightforward projections, since requiring
>only takeover of existing hardware). Termination of the biosphere by
>side effects of postbiology appears extremely likely in an evolutionary
>scenario. This also could happen very quickly, given exponential
>autoamplification plus use of technologies we yet have no idea of. The
>early timeline is minutes, then days and weeks as things take longer at the
>physical layer.

If AI is our tool, then eventually it will enable us to
get uploaded. Exponential amplification is also possible
but it won't kill us, it just brings evolution to a new
level.

YKY


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