Yonosa Wrote:(considering that by 2020 a computer with the power to emulate the human mind will only cost $1000, and by 2030 only $1, google it up)
I did, and it seems like mostly it's about predictions that there will be computers with the kind of processing power that would be required to simulate the human mind, this doesn't mean that scientists will be able to design an AI that thinks like a human. In some ways it could probably be said to be as "advanced" as us, but likely it will be a whole different construction that doesn't process information the same way we do - that doesn't mean the outward behavior couldn't be made to be very human-like, of course.
And this is assuming that the predictions are right; you seem to be stating it as something that's for sure, but while it may be plausible I didn't find any major reports saying that the chance is more than 50% or anything.
Yonosa Wrote:For them it goes something like this, go to church(optional), go to college, get a good job at a big company, buy a little house, have a little family, and live the same way we have lived before. I mean I might be an extremist but I think looking back in 50 years, we will see that yet again the extremists portray at least a somewhat more accurate representation than the shit fed by the mainstream.
But a lot of people think they would be happy with that kind of life, and who are we to say that the current, "modern" way of living - comprised largely of things that less than the majority of Earth's population actually experiences - is better than the old ways? I'd imagine that despite technological advancement etc., many of these family-loving "commoners" actually will be able to live the "same way as before" with some slight modifications (stemming from immediate needs like environment protection,etc.), especially since, as you say, the majority seems to want it.
Wanting happiness and not thinking as deeply about the future of the world as you seem to be isn't that bad in itself, I think. Everyone has their own issues to deal with. Of course, I'd like as much as you for the 'average person' to value their time more, spend less time watching the teevee and actually think a second time when they do form opinions and make important choices.
But the dreams of idyllic family life and the magic of 平和な日々, that's not something I want to replace with dystopian worries.
To be honest, you give me vibes of a dude who thinks he's "figured it out", like you've "gotten out of the system" of the "mind masters", and you know exactly where we're going. And really, in all of the sites I found talking about mind-simulation there was mention of the opposite; we really don't know how much our world is gonna change, noone does. Even the "masters" can't totally predict and control the happenings of the world, because we're all, even they, humans that are much too irrational to be fully predicted and noone can possibly have a total understanding of the world. The more you know, the more you understand how little you know.
Edit: "How can like, an african-american person evolve from a white person?" Well dogg, lemme show you how, let's put you and a thousand other definitely white persons and let you stand out in the sun, see which ones fall over first, do you think maybe the ones with sliiightly darker skin would average longer? Now what do you think happens if we let the ones left standing make babies and then we do this over and over and over for millions of years, what do you think is gonna happen.
Why can't they just use explanations like these? I don't understand the talk about "ohhh but nooo, we can't SEE it happening", we see the processes every day!
Edited: 2010-05-26, 3:31 pm
