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It's possibly already happened, in a way. We live in a universe where we don't know what's going on, and yet there's obviously some enormous intelligence orchestrating everything. Call it Nature, Physics, God or whatever you want, it's undeniable that something is holding the planets in place and digesting your food. You don't do either of those things with your own volition.

When AI approaches human intelligence, the thing will accelerate so incredibly fast we won't have time to blink. It will be like a looming event, and I suppose it will reach a level compatible with Nature itself. Then it has to decide whether we get to know what's happening. The way it is right now, we've been treated like mushrooms. We have no idea why we're here or what life's about. That may happen again with AI.

The news headlines may be like "We're approaching singularity" and then the next day "It happened... we know it happened, but we don't know where or what it is any more".

<blockquote data-quote="Gringotts Bank" data-source="post: 957504" data-attributes="member: 9682">It&#039;s possibly already happened, in a way.&nbsp; We live in a universe where we don&#039;t know what&#039;s going on, and yet there&#039;s obviously some enormous intelligence orchestrating everything.&nbsp; Call it Nature, Physics, God or whatever you want, it&#039;s undeniable that something is holding the planets in place and digesting your food.&nbsp; You don&#039;t do either of those things with your own volition.When AI approaches human intelligence, the thing will accelerate so incredibly fast we won&#039;t have time to blink.&nbsp; It will be like a looming event, and I suppose it will reach a level compatible with Nature itself.&nbsp; Then it has to decide whether we get to know what&#039;s happening.&nbsp; The way it is right now, we&#039;ve been treated like mushrooms.&nbsp; We have no idea why we&#039;re here or what life&#039;s about.&nbsp; That may happen again with AI.The news headlines may be like &quot;We&#039;re approaching singularity&quot; and then the next day &quot;It happened... we know it happened, but we don&#039;t know where or what it is any more&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gringotts Bank, post: 957504, member: 9682"] It's possibly already happened, in a way. We live in a universe where we don't know what's going on, and yet there's obviously some enormous intelligence orchestrating everything. Call it Nature, Physics, God or whatever you want, it's undeniable that something is holding the planets in place and digesting your food. You don't do either of those things with your own volition. When AI approaches human intelligence, the thing will accelerate so incredibly fast we won't have time to blink. It will be like a looming event, and I suppose it will reach a level compatible with Nature itself. Then it has to decide whether we get to know what's happening. The way it is right now, we've been treated like mushrooms. We have no idea why we're here or what life's about. That may happen again with AI. The news headlines may be like "We're approaching singularity" and then the next day "It happened... we know it happened, but we don't know where or what it is any more". [/QUOTE]

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