It’s not just that. Imagine a domestic robot who’s the best parent in the world, is the best soccer player in the world, is funnier than any stand up comic, is a better friend and more trustworthy than any human. People might stop having human relationships is they’ll get used to the superior robots. Dad: Son, do you want to play soccer? Son: No, I’ll play with Robbie the Robot. He’s better than Ronaldo and Messi.
that might appear to be scary until the moment you consider a possibility of humans merging with AI to form symbiotic relationships that will completely blur the lines between artificial and human intelligence.
PSA Kurzweil's The Singularity is Nearer When Humans Merge with Computers out end of June
Not to worry. Kurzweil says we'll merge with AI so it won't be a competition.
It’s not just that. Imagine a domestic robot who’s the best parent in the world, is the best soccer player in the world, is funnier than any stand up comic, is a better friend and more trustworthy than any human. People might stop having human relationships is they’ll get used to the superior robots.
Dad: Son, do you want to play soccer?
Son: No, I’ll play with Robbie the Robot. He’s better than Ronaldo and Messi.
that might appear to be scary until the moment you consider a possibility of humans merging with AI to form symbiotic relationships that will completely blur the lines between artificial and human intelligence.