Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
I've always believed that dying will be the easiest and best thing I do in life. Because it gives value to everything I do and its essentially turning my brain off for good. So I don't care what people think about me in death because I'll be dead.
wow, see im not like that. im afraid of dying. i think possibly thats because i am unhappy with my life and so i feel like i would spend my last days with regret and unfulfillment, and that frightens me to bits. but i also think simply that if i was the happiest motherfucker alive i would be scared to die. because its the end, the fucking end of all things. logically i can rationalize how it wont matter, but my emotions are programmed to not give a rats ass about logic. i find that very interesting that you feel the opposite.

I wonder if I was standing there, waiting to turn on the first AI robot coupled with a quantum computer, figuring it'll lead to our end in short order. If I wouldn't do it anyway just to see how it all develops.
i wouldn't do it. i think its very probable it will come down to this. humans are extremely smart, we will see the end coming before we pull the switch. the problem is that we're also really foolish, and because of our smarts we will put ourselves in a place where our foolishness reigns.

i believe the real battle against machines will be before machines gain free-thinking. it will be a battle of humans against humans, pretty much like it is now with the environment, except as we get closer to the the point of no return the battle will escalate. we will have a switch and we may decide to not pull it, but not everybody will do so. it will be like having nukes but not using them, except that everybody will have access to AI. if everybody had access to nukes you can be damn sure we'd all be smithereens by now.