Kurzweil's latest book, The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI, was published in June 2024

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The Singularity Is Nearer - Wikipedia

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[LancasteR]

But what if I don‘t want to merge with AI?
I don‘t want to attain eternal life through human-created/worldly means.

 

[nathan]

But what if I don‘t want to merge with AI?
I don‘t want to attain eternal life through human-created/worldly means.

why not? it's eternal happiness

 

[LancasteR]

why not? it's eternal happiness

You can‘t attain eternal happiness in this world.
Especially not through human‘s hand.
There‘s always some drawback.
And who would want to live forever in this shitty world anyway?

 

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But what if I don‘t want to merge with AI?
I don‘t want to attain eternal life through human-created/worldly means.

Progress at all costs

 

[LancasteR]

Progress at all costs

What if this "progress" comes at the cost of your soul?

 

[nathan]

You can‘t attain eternal happiness in this world.
Especially not through human‘s hand.
There‘s always some drawback.
And who would want to live forever in this shitty world anyway?

it's better than losing your youth at 30. being susceptible to illness etc there's no denying that this technology will help billions of people

 

[LancasteR]

it's better than losing your youth at 30. being susceptible to illness etc there's no denying that this technology will help billions of people

so technology like recent vaccines were also created to help billions of people?

 

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What if this "progress" comes at the cost of your soul?

Im an Optimist, Just Hope for the best

I Double down on progress

 

[nathan]

so technology like recent vaccines were also created to help billions of people?

that's different. THIS will change everything we will become stronger smarter live longer and tons of other benefits

 

[LancasteR]

Im an Optimist, Just Hope for the best

I Double down on progress

that‘s a good outlook to have.

The only problem is greedy people and sadists who work in the name of the snake, and will hijack and utilize technological progress to poison and hurt a large part of humanity.

 

[LancasteR]

that's different. THIS will change everything we will become stronger smarter live longer and tons of other benefits

You‘re too optimistic…

 

[PsychoDsk]

that's different. THIS will change everything we will become stronger smarter live longer and tons of other benefits

We weren’t meant to live longer or become smarter.
Humans shouldn’t even know you can make paper from trees, knowledge kills freedom