The French urologist by day eugenicist transhumanist crank by night Laurent Alexandre had an interesting perspective on the subject fifteen years ago. We should do eugenics and edit our brains to be better so as to counter the emergence of Artificial Intelligence. The robots will replace us if we don’t do rigorous embryo selection.
Incidentally he also warns that a modern day Stalin in possession of nanomachines and gene editing technologies would create what he terms “neuro-gulags”.
I don’t remember seeing Lesswrongers play with these sorts of ideas, which is a little surprising. But they’re reluctant to diminish the AI’s omnipotence I imagine.
I don’t remember seeing Lesswrongers play with these sorts of ideas
the all-defector in rajaniemi’s books probably sits pretty close?
(I still can’t tell if rajaniemi’s actually really into all this shit, or just found it all to be a highly convenient backstory for some entertainingly detailed scifi)
The French urologist by day eugenicist transhumanist crank by night Laurent Alexandre had an interesting perspective on the subject fifteen years ago. We should do eugenics and edit our brains to be better so as to counter the emergence of Artificial Intelligence. The robots will replace us if we don’t do rigorous embryo selection.
Incidentally he also warns that a modern day Stalin in possession of nanomachines and gene editing technologies would create what he terms “neuro-gulags”.
I don’t remember seeing Lesswrongers play with these sorts of ideas, which is a little surprising. But they’re reluctant to diminish the AI’s omnipotence I imagine.
the all-defector in rajaniemi’s books probably sits pretty close?
(I still can’t tell if rajaniemi’s actually really into all this shit, or just found it all to be a highly convenient backstory for some entertainingly detailed scifi)