I liked when you said "When you think about it, you realize that if you aren't in a good position yourself you can't do much to help your neighbors". I can't think in a way criticize this passage, probably I would do a mistake even trying to do it. you are right:
"With AGI you can unlock the human genome and make it ur bitch. With AGI you can extend your mind and expand your consciousness." That is true, if you work in some direction, you will get something: "Nothing is created, Nothing is lost, Everything is changing" Everything is changing, and perhaps it is the time to say that, you can do several things, in a limited way, or in an elegant, but it doesn't mean you are good with that (conceptually "good thing" is hugely big, I understand if you criticize this point, with reason). What you cannot misunderstand is that, although technology really unlock new ways (I am very much in your side when you say it), it will not be enough if you are not in peace while walking in those paths Why are there lot of people who loves to use Linux/Unix terminals (I mean, through command line), instead of a practical GUI (perhaps Windows?)? One answer could be because they know that in several moments they will get some benefits along their developing life time. That is true, but I think it isn't enough, I think that who prefers to use prompt actually likes to know that he/she can access the system, can edit text files and manipulate their machines, they say to Microsoft guys that they don't want someone to rule their lives, they can get control of it. What we usually do with technology are the opposite, (I know it is the way we deal with it, not the technology itself), we can accept to take medicines, to be more time aware, to get the most of our bodies, to get a better status in job, but we are extremely afraid of changing the mechanism of the social environment that doesn't give the option, the option of living a different life style. On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:38 PM, Alan Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > Felipe Carmona Miquilini wrote: > > Two questions, Two points of view, One problem > > Why are computers less intelligent than us? > > Why do we consider computers less intelligent than us? > > > > Why are we focusing on creating computers with more functionality > > instead of focusing on solving the problem of the hungry and other > > suffering from children all around the world? Considering our lack of > > consistence in the way we treat ourselves and each other, how useful > > is trying to recreate a Human, instead of trying to make the Human > > innovate itself, does our "intelligence" deserve to replicate itself, > > such an intelligence that can understand the moons from far away > > galaxies but can't help our neighbours with their problems? > > Paradoxically, the first step in looking out for your neighbors is to > look out for yourself first. When you think about it, you realize that > if you aren't in a good position yourself you can't do much to help your > neighbors. Someone once wrote an article making this point comparing > Michael Milken with Mother Terisa... > > Furthermore, without AGI, you will die. If you are lucky, you will be > superlatively shrivelled when it happens, but regardless of when it > happens, it will happen. > > With AGI you can unlock the human genome and make it ur bitch. > > With AGI you can extend your mind and expand your consciousness. > > And that's just day one... > > -- > IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. > > Powers are not rights. > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/27000053-56584e86 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Felipe Carmona Miquilini ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
