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Gold-and-Glory t1_ivj8fjw wrote

"AI-assisted cyberspace where we will remain as a species"

*as pets.

I follow your insight about a kind of AGI technocracy but I don't rule out the opposite: technology enabling direct democracy.

Other big changes I see until the end of the century:

  • Geological ones, where humans and AI combined have absolutely no control of.

  • A revolution on the understanding of consciousness.

  • The irrefutable proof we're not alone on the universe.

  • The universe itself is a simulation.

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visarga t1_ivkftt5 wrote

> *as pets.

What, you don't trust the AGI will find a way to download itself into human brains? The human body is a refined and efficient platform for intelligence. Could be the best hardware for AGI.

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h20ohno t1_ivnk4q9 wrote

I'm fine with being considered a "pet" so long as we're given our own space to do humans things in, plus a few VR servers to live in.

Perhaps the Superintelligence that runs things will have a sense of gratitude, in the same way that a person with a good upbringing would appreciate their parents for raising them well, or even treat us as a neat side project that doesn't take up too many resources.

Of course if we're essentially imprisoned in a gilded cage while the ASI's are busy building their own empire, that would be a bad outcome.

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