Post by Daniel on Jan 25, 2018 9:16:17 GMT -5
Google exec: With robots in our brains, we'll be godlike
Chris Matyszczyk
October 1, 2015
...Kurzweil insists, though, that this is the next natural phase of our existence.
"Evolution creates structures and patterns that over time are more complicated, more knowledgeable, more intelligent, more creative, more capable of expressing higher sentiments like being loving," he said. "So it's moving in the direction that God has been described as having -- these qualities without limit."
Yes, we are becoming gods.
"Evolution is a spiritual process and makes us more godlike," was Kurzweil's conclusion.
There's something so uplifting, yet so splendidly egocentric in suggesting that man will soon be God, thanks to artificial intelligence. The mere fact that this intelligence is artificial might be a clue as to its potential limitations.
Moreover, I rather think of us as a dangerous species: Primitive, yet believing we're so very clever.
There are so many fundamental things with which we struggle. Here we are, though, believing that we'll be godlike in a few years' time.
Lord, help us.
read full article
www.cnet.com/news/google-exec-with-robots-in-our-brains-well-be-godlike/
Chris Matyszczyk
October 1, 2015
...Kurzweil insists, though, that this is the next natural phase of our existence.
"Evolution creates structures and patterns that over time are more complicated, more knowledgeable, more intelligent, more creative, more capable of expressing higher sentiments like being loving," he said. "So it's moving in the direction that God has been described as having -- these qualities without limit."
Yes, we are becoming gods.
"Evolution is a spiritual process and makes us more godlike," was Kurzweil's conclusion.
There's something so uplifting, yet so splendidly egocentric in suggesting that man will soon be God, thanks to artificial intelligence. The mere fact that this intelligence is artificial might be a clue as to its potential limitations.
Moreover, I rather think of us as a dangerous species: Primitive, yet believing we're so very clever.
There are so many fundamental things with which we struggle. Here we are, though, believing that we'll be godlike in a few years' time.
Lord, help us.
read full article
www.cnet.com/news/google-exec-with-robots-in-our-brains-well-be-godlike/
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