When I was a teenager I had a concept I referred to as “the double edged sword of apathy”. It was precisely the concept that separating oneself from certain aspects of oneself (which at the time I called fostering apathy) is a destructive tool which can be either positive or negative. Care must be taken not to slice your own arm off.
I don’t believe that this danger should be removed though, at least I wouldn’t personally allow it. I hold “self-modifying” to be the deepest aspect of life. When we finally get the technology to do source level modifications I won’t let an AI do the job: I’ll do it myself, regardless of the risk.
When I was a teenager I had a concept I referred to as “the double edged sword of apathy”. It was precisely the concept that separating oneself from certain aspects of oneself (which at the time I called fostering apathy) is a destructive tool which can be either positive or negative. Care must be taken not to slice your own arm off.
I don’t believe that this danger should be removed though, at least I wouldn’t personally allow it. I hold “self-modifying” to be the deepest aspect of life. When we finally get the technology to do source level modifications I won’t let an AI do the job: I’ll do it myself, regardless of the risk.