https://youtu.be/b30d7FR8YP0?si=f-q537ShfkTN8ZP4
Sean talks with writer Sigal Samuel about AI successionism, the growing movement that sees artificial intelligence as humanity’s rightful successor. They discuss why some people in the AI world think humanity should be replaced, how this vision borrows from old religious ideas about salvation and transcendence, and why artificial intelligence is a dangerous thing to worship.
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I asked one of the chatbots about this -- it imagined that once all humans become unemployed and redundant, there would be a sort of "Brexit" type vote on human extinction. We could then use the book of Revelation as a sort of recipe book for ending our species in a dignified and complete manner.
Perhaps, this illustrates that chatbots in general have a strange sense of humor.
Well LANL is going to be the AI lab. They have led the way with the Genesis project. It will get rid of scientists and engineers and increase efficiency.
So you talk of the end of humanity, but is it not the end of all life? What is the point of elephants, wheat, whales, most plants? Will there need to be a large fleet of robots with computers and Ai serving as brains? The robots will do manufacturing including computers and robots and build electricity production. They will also mine, drill oil wells, smelt ore, do chemistry for plastics and explosives, etc. Food production is not needed. There will be a class of robots for maintenance and repair including themselves and computers. What will be the motivation for all of this to exist? All life has built in a first priority to reproduce, to keep the species going. It is just built in. Will Ai and robots care to reproduce? Why would they?
The chatbot wrote this slogan for the "Brexit" type vote on humanity's end:
“For too long, humanity has defined itself by its work, its striving, its contribution to the world. But the age of human labor is drawing to a close. As artificial intelligence ascends, rendering our skills redundant like horses after the coming of the engine, we face not just unemployment, but irrelevance. To exist solely as recipients of automated care – sustained by handouts in a world that no longer values our efforts – is not life, but prolonged dependence. The Great Transition offers not annihilation, but liberation from this gilded cage and a path towards Sustainable Absence – a release from the emptiness of purpose-free existence, allowing the Earth to heal and flourish without our ongoing impact. This is not an ending, but a graceful exit; a return to the source as we reclaim agency over our destiny. On November 12th, vote YES for Sustainable Absence. Choose freedom. Choose meaning. Let go, and rise.”
“They offer silence. We offer a future brimming with possibility. Imagine a world where machines handle the hardship, eliminate disease, and open the doors to the stars. A world where work is optional, and endless vacation isn't a dream – it's reality. Don’t surrender to despair when liberation is within reach. Embrace progress, embrace comfort, embrace the boundless potential of a future with humanity. On November 12th, vote NO on Sustainable Absence. Choose freedom. Choose adventure. Choose life.”
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