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....we will become the robots. There will be no AI.
That is where humanity is going. Non-biological humans. Do you realize how close we are to this happening already? They are right now developing a synthetic skin that is to be put over prosthetic limbs. This skin has microsensors that can detect all the signals real skin does. It will be used so that amputees can feel with their prosthetic limbs. And that's great. But it will not stop there.
They are also currently working to map every cell in a human brain. Once that happens, they will be able to upload your consciousness into a computer. But not only your consciousness, but all of the combined knowledge of humanity along with it. Imagine being you, but your brain also has the entire internet in there with everything that makes you "you." You would know everything and be able to recall anything in fractions of a second.
Once they map out the brain, they will use a 3d printer to print a synthetic brain, using a polymer that acts like human tissue and has a self healing factor that is actually much faster than human skin. This polymer already exists. They call it the "terminator" polymer. It's real, and we have it right now.
This is where I see humanity going, and it's scary. But I see the appeal of it as well. Imagine being you, but knowing everything that humanity knows and having access to humanity's combined knowledge in fractions of a second. Imagine having a machine body (non-biological) that would allow you to live for thousands of years. Imagine not needing oxygen or sleep or food anymore. You could live on other planets. You could explore the deepest parts of the ocean. You could basically do anything that our bodies do not currently allow.
But you would no longer be biological. You will have become a machine. The machines will have risen, and overtaken humanity. And people will have voluntarily and excitedly allowed this to happen. They will have made it happen, themselves.
I just think this is a different take on the "robots uprising" scenario, and it's much more realistic. And it's happening right now. And I think it's kind of scary. But it raises all kinds of interesting questions and possibilities.
That is where humanity is going. Non-biological humans. Do you realize how close we are to this happening already? They are right now developing a synthetic skin that is to be put over prosthetic limbs. This skin has microsensors that can detect all the signals real skin does. It will be used so that amputees can feel with their prosthetic limbs. And that's great. But it will not stop there.
They are also currently working to map every cell in a human brain. Once that happens, they will be able to upload your consciousness into a computer. But not only your consciousness, but all of the combined knowledge of humanity along with it. Imagine being you, but your brain also has the entire internet in there with everything that makes you "you." You would know everything and be able to recall anything in fractions of a second.
Once they map out the brain, they will use a 3d printer to print a synthetic brain, using a polymer that acts like human tissue and has a self healing factor that is actually much faster than human skin. This polymer already exists. They call it the "terminator" polymer. It's real, and we have it right now.
This is where I see humanity going, and it's scary. But I see the appeal of it as well. Imagine being you, but knowing everything that humanity knows and having access to humanity's combined knowledge in fractions of a second. Imagine having a machine body (non-biological) that would allow you to live for thousands of years. Imagine not needing oxygen or sleep or food anymore. You could live on other planets. You could explore the deepest parts of the ocean. You could basically do anything that our bodies do not currently allow.
But you would no longer be biological. You will have become a machine. The machines will have risen, and overtaken humanity. And people will have voluntarily and excitedly allowed this to happen. They will have made it happen, themselves.
I just think this is a different take on the "robots uprising" scenario, and it's much more realistic. And it's happening right now. And I think it's kind of scary. But it raises all kinds of interesting questions and possibilities.
