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Surur t1_j6wudbj wrote

Reply to comment by Quealdlor in Why do people think they might witness AGI taking over the world in a singularity? by purepersistence

I don't think upgraded humans would be humans anymore.

Imagine I gave you an electronic super-cortex which knew a lot more, gave you better control of your behaviour, emotions and impulse control. Would you still be human or just a flesh robot?

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_gr4m_ t1_j6xace4 wrote

I totally agree with this. It surprise me when people are talking about mind uploading for example, and they talk like everything would be the same except you would be in a kind of VR world.

No, you wouldn't, you will almost immediatly be another entity that has nothing in common with what you are calling "you".

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Quealdlor t1_j71c66p wrote

For now, I just want IQ 145-150, better control over my emotions, behaviour, memories and a sturdier, unaging body. I used to have IQ 120, but depression lowered it to 100. I am wiser, but also not as smart or quick as I would like to be. I've been trying to learn juggling since 2011 and failed every time. I am also unable to ever reach the 1st place on the hardest difficulty racing games. I would like to be more creative and for my back to stop hurting. You know, mostly basic stuff. Not some crazy extreme posthuman stuff. If these wishes were granted, then I would feel better and be better. I could live like that for a century.

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Surur t1_j71ch6f wrote

Imagine however if the main effect of the upgrade would be to stop wishing for those things.

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