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Re:Biologists Taboo Artificial Life by sampo on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:39PM (#27329875)
> our descendants will most likely be artificial

He accuses biologists for taking it for granted that future space exploration will be by biological humans. But then he himself has an equally strong assumption that it will be by a robotic life form.

Re:Biologists Taboo Artificial Life by aeorgnoieang on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @01:52AM (#27365329)
He doesn't assume that "robotic life form[s]" would be more likely to perform future space exploration. He's written (before) about why he thinks that's much more likely.
Re:Biologists Taboo Artificial Life by hirundo on Saturday May 29, 2021 @10:11PM (#27330028)
He is the author of The Age of Em, which argues for this assumption and explores it. Of course it's speculation, but it's an explicit and expected bias in the context of this blog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Em

Re:Biologists Taboo Artificial Life by ceceron on Sunday May 30, 2021 @05:47AM (#27331983)
Still, it is a bias which is funny given the title of this blog.