Re:University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty
by dandanua on Saturday January 30, 2021 @06:04AM
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Maybe, but something is constantly changing in the worrying direction. Humans are becoming slaves of the tools they build, not vice versa. Our biological abilities fade away in the presence of technological progress. People may fantasy about some cyberpank future, but I have doubts about it. Simpler organisms can't control what is superior to them. And I'm pretty sure general AI is a real thing, at least in the future. So, the confrontation between humans as biological species and tech progress is quite justifiable.
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Re:University of Leicester firing all pure math faculty
by Konohamaru on Sunday January 31, 2021 @11:56AM
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> Simpler organisms can't control what is superior to them.
Sure they can. Just pull the electrical plug on the 10,000 IQ general AI. Its future is entirely contingent on the continued existence of cheap oil, which we are already well past its peak.