AFAICS, the proposal is to build a single entity, that never dies, and faces no competition—and so is not subject to natural selection—and is engineered in order to preserve its aims.
We haven’t seen such entities before. Animals act to preserve their aims (gene propagation) - but are pretty primitive, and can get flummoxed in unfamiliar environments. Religions, companies and organisations are typically larger and smarter—but they compete, face natural selection, and are moulded by it. Consequently their aims tend to converge on whatever results in their inheritance persisting.
AFAICS, the proposal is to build a single entity, that never dies, and faces no competition—and so is not subject to natural selection—and is engineered in order to preserve its aims.
We haven’t seen such entities before. Animals act to preserve their aims (gene propagation) - but are pretty primitive, and can get flummoxed in unfamiliar environments. Religions, companies and organisations are typically larger and smarter—but they compete, face natural selection, and are moulded by it. Consequently their aims tend to converge on whatever results in their inheritance persisting.