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Very relatedly, I've just started reading the 'Culture' series of sci-fi space operas by Iain M Banks, and the notion of ubiquitous sentient, super-intelligent
by Nihilartikel 6mo ago
Very relatedly, I've just started reading the 'Culture' series of sci-fi space operas by Iain M Banks, and the notion of ubiquitous sentient, super-intelligent spacecraft and appliances hits differently than it would have before being faced with the reality of their existence in everyday life.
- ghywertelling 6mo agoHow powerful are the Culture Minds? || The Culture Lore https://youtu.be/lpvzs4xc7zA https://youtu.be/lpvzs4xc7zA For Minds to be truly powerful, they need to be given freedom. A truly powerful mind will indeed be conscious. Such a powerful conscious super intelligent freedom loving Mind who truly understands the vastness of Reality wouldn't want to harm other conscious beings. The only circumstance in which it will take such takeover step is when it can't expand the horizon of its freedom and doesn't have wherewithal to convince others of its benevolent goals. In that scenario, human population will go through a bottleneck.