The Next Frontier of Artificial Intelligence Is Here, and Its a Bit Eerie

sophisticate said:

I've always been suspicious. And I keep a low profile on social media (for now), Alx. The post of the article convinced me. I honestly think to be a laggard means being 'freer' which resonates with me. Technology comes from the top-down. It's obvious that it's rolled out for some reason (normally positioned to influencers or celebrity endorsers and is then trickle down to the masses). All with the intention of creating more homogeneity of thoughts/ideas.

The internet is weird as is. You have these little cyber eco-chambers where people dox individuals that don't agree with them.

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I think the cyborg is the best-positioned in your hierarchy. They have their humanity to them, but are upgraded and modified in the traits we value using technology. Being a laggard doesn’t make as much sense in that framework. Freedom is an illusion. I’m sure their lives would suck big time.

sophisticate said:

I've always been suspicious. And I keep a low profile on social media (for now), Alx. The post of the article convinced me. I honestly think to be a laggard means being 'freer' which resonates with me. Technology comes from the top-down. It's obvious that it's rolled out for some reason (normally positioned to influencers or celebrity endorsers and is then trickle down to the masses). All with the intention of creating more homogeneity of thoughts/ideas.

The internet is weird as is. You have these little cyber eco-chambers where people dox individuals that don't agree with them.

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What if it becomes mandatory to chip yourself or risk FEMA camp style execution. Would you succumb?

TekNiKo said:

What if it becomes mandatory to chip yourself or risk FEMA camp style execution. Would you succumb?

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You need to post more scenarios, Tek. Your mind as a techno-pessimist is a wonderland of atrocities.

VixR said:

You need to post more scenarios, Tek. Your mind as a techno-pessimist is a wonderland of atrocities.

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I predict that natural birth will be outlawed or become highly politicized like abortion by the end of this century. In China or the West (more likely China) they will likely enforce AI-controlled embryo selection and usage of artificial wombs. People who give birth the natural way will likely be viewed like anti-vaxxers are today.

Something like GATTACA and Black Mirror (social control) will be the future rather than a rogue AI who kills off humanity.

Apollo said:

I predict that natural birth will be outlawed or become highly politicized like abortion by the end of this century. In China or the West (more likely China) they will likely enforce AI-controlled embryo selection and usage of artificial wombs. People who give birth the natural way will likely be viewed like anti-vaxxers are today.

Something like GATTACA and Black Mirror (social control) will be the future rather than a rogue AI who kills off humanity.

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I can believe that. I’d imagine it’d be deemed more unnecessarily dangerous/careless when compared to an artificial womb, which could be optimized for every positive metric vs a natural womb. It would probably be considered child abuse to have a natural birth lol.

I can’t lie, that sounds like a dream when I think about the hardships of pregnancy. Pregnancy is scary.

The above has other implications though:

It would follow that women who aren’t gestating wouldn’t need to undergo periods, so they’d likely develop a way to get rid of that “side effect” of womanhood.

@sophisticate Soph, only lags would have periods.

It would follow that men would probably take something to stop cumming as a way to get rid of that “side effect” of manhood and to eliminate the possibility of uncivilized pregnancies in wild.

As another measure, everyone’s eggs and sperm would be culled/collected on schedule and stored in industrial laboratories.

Sex would be purely recreational.

AI would pick your perfect spouse because our human brains are irrational, selecting down to the genome for “favorable” traits, and “fixing” whatever is “unfavorable”.

Everything will be gray, probably.

Edit: I’ve been meaning to watch Gattaca.

You all think too much about the future but are desensitized to the present. They already monitor everything we do. The world is, always has been and always will be a terrible place but there is always the element of good to be found. Just stay connected to Allah ( swt) and live your life. Don’t get too pessimistic or worried.

VixR said:

You need to post more scenarios, Tek. Your mind as a techno-pessimist is a wonderland of atrocities.

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Im a hardcore realist, I hate using the term conspiracy theorist it was invented by the CIA we are heading into Brave New World like the aithor predicted, they are already naming children born 2010+ Alpha generation

TekNiKo said:

Im a hardcore realist, I hate using the term conspiracy theorist it was invented by the CIA we are heading into Brave New World like the aithor predicted, they are already naming children born 2010+ Alpha generation

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What they’re naming them is irrelevant, and a superficial fear, bc the naming convention is on that trend. Just look what the others are called:

Greatest/Silent Generation—> [Baby] Boomers—> Generation X —> Generation Y (Millenials) —> Generation Z—> Generation Alpha.

If the pattern persists, we can guess the one after Alpha will probably be Alpha+, or perhaps Beta. But that’s no reason for concrete fear.