I just want to say that your point about valuing actual people and not (potentially illusory) experiences of people is a very important one, and one I wish I could explain better to people who think that maximizing stimulation to the opiate system is the final word on happiness.
Though I’ve never thought of myself as a Singularitarian, one thing I do look forward to that could be called a “singularity” is the point at which all the problems where winning is what counts have been won—no more war, no more cancer, no more poverty. Amazingly, we are about 80% there, and have risen from roughly 20% in the last few hundred years.
I just want to say that your point about valuing actual people and not (potentially illusory) experiences of people is a very important one, and one I wish I could explain better to people who think that maximizing stimulation to the opiate system is the final word on happiness.
Though I’ve never thought of myself as a Singularitarian, one thing I do look forward to that could be called a “singularity” is the point at which all the problems where winning is what counts have been won—no more war, no more cancer, no more poverty. Amazingly, we are about 80% there, and have risen from roughly 20% in the last few hundred years.