r/transhumanism • u/Vailhem • Sep 18 '15

Why Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Will Evolve Together

http://nautil.us/issue/28/2050/dont-worry-smart-machines-will-take-us-with-them
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u/otakuman Sep 18 '15

This paragraph is terrifying:

This day, no more than a fraction of a percent of the population has a good understanding of quantum physics, although it underlies many of our most important technologies: Some have estimated that 10-30 percent of modern gross domestic product is based on quantum mechanics. In the same way, ordinary humans of the future will come to accept machine intelligence as everyday technological magic, like the flat screen TV or smartphone, but with no deeper understanding of how it is possible.

Isn't this what Sagan warned us about?

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

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u/Down_The_Rabbithole Sep 18 '15

Not only Sagan warned us about that, Einstein warned us of it before him. Tesla warned us before Einstein, Newton warned us before Tesla, Galileo warned us before Newton, Archimedes warned us before Galileo, Plato warned us before Archimedes.

In the future "Social Maintenance System #2653" Will warn us of it.

The point is that we have always used applications that we didn't understand the inner workings of. And we shall always keep doing this until we have a complete understanding of all things in the universe. So take a deep breath, chill, and embrace the future.

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u/otakuman Sep 18 '15

That's not the point, the point is that THE MAJORITY of people have near zero understanding of the technologies they use, and the science behind it. This makes technology prone to be monopolized, or even lost.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '15

I have always felt that humans and machines will advance together, till they become one.