Yeah, see, I think that the soul is made by God and cannot be replicated. That soul is what makes us human, what lets us think.
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I was just trying to put to words why my hair raises when I think about this stuff. I think cybernetics and AI are and will be useful for specfic, specialized applications but not for mass consumption. I don't need implants to lift something, I need a tool or another HUMAN BEING to help me.
Implants... yeah. As Hunt said.
But I didn't just pull it "out of nowhere." I think a good chunk of the population would fight to the death before getting brain augmentation. Terrifying prospect IMO. Even if I were terrible at math.
Yeah, there are some people who would be afraid, and it would raise many moral questions. Hopefully, it would be more of "do what you want, I'll do what I want" but it probably won't work like that. Parents will get implants for newborns to try and stimulate them, even if the person wishes they remain pure when they get older. But, that's progress. You know potatoes? Well, back in the good ol' days of serfdom and rampant plague, people were afraid of potatoes. I'm not at all surprised, that shit is
scary. But, they are really good for you, so lords forced peasants to eat them, and the lifespan of peasants shot way up. There will always be opposition to any given idea, but there will also be supporters, and you cannot keep any idea down. You cannot kill the abstract.
Oh, sorry for saying "AI" again. Do people not say this anymore? Should I have said "our current machine intelligence
capabilities as we slowly progress towards AI???" Or perhaps "OCMICAWSPTAI"
I don't know why you're upset, you used the term incorrectly.
Artificial Intelligence means the computer is capable of sentient thought. We... we don't have that, and personally I think we never will. That whole "soul" thing. Y'know.
Damnit, three fucking ninjas? Did it take me that long to write this?
...I want to network my brain with like, five other copies. After the power struggle in which we kill off two or three of ourselves, the remaining melding of the minds would just be incredible.
I'm gonna say this to that: You cannot create or kill a soul. You can't form several into one either. Melding yourself with five other people is not to get you (assume x=you) x
5 or 5x. You'd just be a self-inflicted schizophrenic. You're better off just... y'know, talking to five other people.
Another ninja? Damnit, every fucking time!
But... yeah. I think augmentations would be nice, but AIs are... yeah.
Oh, and this reminds me of that myth, about the ship that gets rebuilt? Someone brought it up in a different thread, but it applies here.
"It's like, a ship gets repaired so many times the ship no longer contains any of the material it was originally made with. Is it the same ship?"
Me, I think it is as long as the crew is the same.
Two fucking more? What the hell, self? Click the Thrice-Damned-Button already!