You (XiXiDu) don’t seem to think that intelligent machines are likely to be that big a deal. The switch to an engineered world is likely to be the biggest transformation of the planet since around the evolution of sex—or the last genetic takeover. It probably won’t crash civilisation—or kill all humans—but it’s going to be an enormous change, and the deatils of how it goes down could make a big difference to everyone. I do sometimes wonder whether you get that.
You (XiXiDu) don’t seem to think that intelligent machines are likely to be that big a deal. The switch to an engineered world is likely to be the biggest transformation of the planet since around the evolution of sex—or the last genetic takeover. It probably won’t crash civilisation—or kill all humans—but it’s going to be an enormous change, and the deatils of how it goes down could make a big difference to everyone. I do sometimes wonder whether you get that.