Ray Kurzweil, the renowned futurist, warns us
that the onset of AI is at hand. Steven Hawkins, even more famous physicist,
insists that AI is bound to spell doom for the human race.
They are both right.
We seem to forget, that AI
already exists. We, humans, are biological robots endowed with artificial
intelligence. We seem quite unaware that we have created a brain, some 100
billion neurons, to generate artificial intelligence, which can, and does,
control some 37.2 trillion cells of our body. Most of the time the brain is set
to work automatically, responding to past experience, stored in our
subconscious. This seems to suffice to maintain our bodies in good working
order.
We do not seem to accept the
fact that we are little more than very brief visitors in the constructs we had
created, to experience and learn from the consequences of our creative acts. We
achieved this, of course, through trial and error, better known as the
evolutionary process.
And that is no mean
achievement, although, over the infinity of time, we have created, and continue
to create, endless transient universes. The only constant reality is the
potential energy. All else is transient.
Our brain, a biological
computer, is naturally disposed to experiment with diversity, a natural
consequence of the singularity of its Source. Not singularity of space or time.
In fact, just the opposite. Our Source is, eternal, ubiquitous, and amorphous.
It is hardly surprising that the inherent desire of the Infinite Potential
Energy is to diversify throughout space time, while maintaining its attributes throughout
its creation. Each creative act is experimental and hence transient.
As for the destruction of
the human race, well, we had a good innings. Our 200,000 years, with the last
6,000 being reasonably civilized, is long enough to prove that we are not doing
a very good job with our biological computers. Even worse, some DNA tests
suggest that we have split from the apes some six million years ago.
By contrast, our precursors,
the dinosaurs, were around for some 65,000,000 years. They were much better
behaved than we are. As for lizards, they were born some 320 million years ago
and still around.
We completely forgot what is
our purpose. Our egos, which were designed to serve, took over as masters.
Perhaps, at the very least,
we shall contribute elements necessary for the creation of a new species, which
will eliminate the negative traits of humanity. It is high time we did that, or
at least before we destroy the planet which has shared its wealth with us.
Planet created by anther species, some 4.5 billions years ago.
It seems that we no longer
deserve it. Hopefully, the future individualizations diversifying the
Omnipresent Amorphous Energy endowed with infinite creative potential will show
greater awareness of their origins and purpose.
We, the real WE, shall see.
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Perhaps it should be noted that all "intelligence" generated by a physical body is artificial, as it deals with survival of that which is intrinsically mortal, hence it is abortive AI.
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