Oldchap(20:31:55)
"who's to say it would want to?" Yeah, I tend to agree with this. I don't think we have any example of consciousness detached from a biological organism whose motivations to live and survive are connected to its biochemical makeup and the emotions that
mirrorbird(20:24:01)
maybe the super-smart AI will just look around, say, "ugh, imperfect, insolvable" and shut itself down.
mirrorbird(20:23:33)
conscious and conscience, not the same (although both good questions in this case, haha)
Thexder(20:23:07)
and is it required to have a conscience to take over the world?
mirrorbird(20:23:06)
i'm not at all convinced that an electronic device can ever become conscious. and let's go full sci-fi and imagine it could "engineer" bio-organisms to continue its legacy. who's to say it would want to?
mirrorbird(20:22:16)
sometimes there are unexpected barriers, or even loss of interest
mirrorbird(20:22:04)
"we landed men on the moon, so everyone will have a space rocket in 50 years"
mirrorbird(20:21:36)
not necessarily. only conceivably.
Oldchap(20:20:06)
happen. In other words, they will help give life to themselves and bring themselves into consciousness. (And then they will quickly surpass us and become actual gods.)