Stephen Hawking warns of the end of Humanity
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Well, gosh, it makes more sense to me that whatever replaces Homo Sap (after we self-destruct) would be to us left-behinds-and-extincted as the little rat-like critter that was the first mammal [^] was to the asteroid-gone-bye-bye dinosaurs ... if we haven't left behind a radioactive wasteland of a planet with poisonous oceans, in which case, my money's on cockroaches. But, I mean ... like wow ! ... isn't it enough that we're all gonna die ? cheers, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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Well, gosh, it makes more sense to me that whatever replaces Homo Sap (after we self-destruct) would be to us left-behinds-and-extincted ... ... as the little rat-like critter ... that was the ancestor of all mammals [^] ... ... was to the asteroid-gone-bye-bye dinosaurs ... ... if we haven't left behind a radioactive wasteland of a planet with poisonous oceans, in which case, my money's on cockroaches. And, if we survive, I don't think we'll be exterminated; we're too innately programmed to be excellent slaves for that. But, I mean ... like wow ! ... isn't it enough that we're all gonna die ? cheers, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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Well, gosh, it makes more sense to me that whatever replaces Homo Sap (after we self-destruct) would be to us left-behinds-and-extincted ... ... as the little rat-like critter ... that was the ancestor of all mammals [^] ... ... was to the asteroid-gone-bye-bye dinosaurs ... ... if we haven't left behind a radioactive wasteland of a planet with poisonous oceans, in which case, my money's on cockroaches. And, if we survive, I don't think we'll be exterminated; we're too innately programmed to be excellent slaves for that. But, I mean ... like wow ! ... isn't it enough that we're all gonna die ? cheers, Bill
«OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. » Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."
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Been watching too many terminator movies if you ask me.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2
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Life is more than AI - most of us believe humanity has a cause to live! Can we give machines a cause?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Although I think he makes a valid point, we are a long way from ever achieving the level of AI that could threaten our existence. Before we ever get there, we will almost certainly have destroyed our species in some other way. The zombie apocalypse is imminent :)
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Life is more than AI - most of us believe humanity has a cause to live! Can we give machines a cause?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
There is no purpose or point to life other than that to which we ascribe to it ourselves. Love, happiness, family, friends.....these are the things that make life worth cherishing.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare Home | LinkedIn | Google+ | Twitter
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Maybe he saw the Matrix and now is having nightmares Jokes apart: I kinda agree with him. If machines get to really think and have self-conciousness... I don't know what will be after that, but I think it won't be nice.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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We're there already. Smartphones are in control and humans are simply drones. The amazing thing is how they allow their human host to think they are the controlling intelligence.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I don't think you need to think in terms of 'Rise of the Robots'. If you rise the level of AI or computation to one where a lot of things would be almost certainly predictable (weather, sports event, etc...), then it will maybe not be the end of Humanity, but life would certainly be more bitter.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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We're there already. Smartphones are in control and humans are simply drones. The amazing thing is how they allow their human host to think they are the controlling intelligence.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Yeah, genius is a term from the last century. He's an expert in physics, not a genius.
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Andy Brummer wrote:
Yeah, genius is a term from the last century. He's an expert in physics, not a genius.
Well said. Genius is a term for the last century. "Expert in..." much better.
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We're there already. Smartphones are in control and humans are simply drones. The amazing thing is how they allow their human host to think they are the controlling intelligence.
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
pwasser wrote:
Smartphones are in control and humans are simply drones.
So true. Most people cannot drive a car without their smartphone. ...Let's see, just got a text. Need to check it but I will probably drive over the old woman crossing the street, if I do so. Well, no matter, must check text!!!!
