Hmm, by “we” I assume that you mean “transhumansts”? Or some subset of them?
We’ve won when the universe has been torn apart and rebuilt for our benefit
I am in general dubious about “post-singularity utopias”, as Moss_Piglet put it. I am all for rebuilding the universe, once “we” know what “we” are doing, but I am skeptical that it will, say, put an end to all suffering, or achieve some similarly sweeping goals. It just pattern matches too closely to every end-of-the-world myth ever. But that’s a different discussion, maybe during some meetup.
Hmm, by “we” I assume that you mean “transhumansts”? Or some subset of them?
“We” is an elaborate ruse to sugar coat the fact that I really mean “I”.
I am in general dubious about “post-singularity utopias”, as Moss_Piglet put it.
It is annoying when people pose obviously bad solutions and then use that to argue against trying to solve anything. You may not mean that, but it would help the rest of us if serious critics would carefully distinguish themselves from crackpots.
I am skeptical that it will, say, put an end to all suffering, or achieve some similarly sweeping goals.
One of our meetups should be a workshop on the limits and potential of post-singularity superintelligence, so that we can work out ambiguities on whether such things are possible.
It just pattern matches too closely to every end-of-the-world myth ever.
That is of course totally concerning. I don’t know what to do about it.
But that’s a different discussion, maybe during some meetup.
There’s a meetup every weekend, you know. We tend to have good discussions recently.
Hmm, by “we” I assume that you mean “transhumansts”? Or some subset of them?
I am in general dubious about “post-singularity utopias”, as Moss_Piglet put it. I am all for rebuilding the universe, once “we” know what “we” are doing, but I am skeptical that it will, say, put an end to all suffering, or achieve some similarly sweeping goals. It just pattern matches too closely to every end-of-the-world myth ever. But that’s a different discussion, maybe during some meetup.
“We” is an elaborate ruse to sugar coat the fact that I really mean “I”.
It is annoying when people pose obviously bad solutions and then use that to argue against trying to solve anything. You may not mean that, but it would help the rest of us if serious critics would carefully distinguish themselves from crackpots.
One of our meetups should be a workshop on the limits and potential of post-singularity superintelligence, so that we can work out ambiguities on whether such things are possible.
That is of course totally concerning. I don’t know what to do about it.
There’s a meetup every weekend, you know. We tend to have good discussions recently.