Jeff: On your first question, see the transhumanist FAQ. On the second, we would have to build an AI to want to keep us around, but if we succeeded there’s no reason it would suddenly decide to do away with us. Purpose is subjective, and we don’t need any objective reason to continue existing.
Jeff: On your first question, see the transhumanist FAQ. On the second, we would have to build an AI to want to keep us around, but if we succeeded there’s no reason it would suddenly decide to do away with us. Purpose is subjective, and we don’t need any objective reason to continue existing.