By 2045 'The Top Species Will No Longer Be Humans,' and That Could Be a Problem

schwit1 (797399) writes Louis Del Monte estimates that machine intelligence will exceed the world's combined human intelligence by 2045. ... "By the end of this century most of the human race will have become cyborgs. The allure will be immortality. Machines will make breakthroughs in medical technology, most of the human race will have more leisure time, and we'll think we've never had it better. The concern I'm raising is that the machines will view us as an unpredictable and dangerous species." Machines will become self-conscious and have the capabilities to protect themselves. They "might view us the same way we view harmful insects." Humans are a species that "is unstable, creates wars, has weapons to wipe out the world twice over, and makes computer viruses." Hardly an appealing roommate."

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[Ol Olsoc]

Cold fusion in your pocket, warp drives, antigravity vehicles (aka 'flying car'), planetary scale terraforming, and genetic/medical engineering which will turn us into undying superbeings are all "right around the corner". These types of alarmist articles are pure pigshit. These types of discussions need to be had, but not as a matter alarmist 'news' articles- this is the role that science fiction fulfills... and does a far better job of it.

Those fucking kids! Those bastards. They won't get off my goddamned lawn!!

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, You declare AI research to be equivalent to cold fusion? You would have been one of the people declaring that man would never fly. Ever. Go to the moon? Is there anything those idiots won't dream up?

The world is full of technology that "will never ever happen", with tools like yourself having the hubris to declare everything impossible But just like Wil E. Coyote, you just move on to the next "impossible thing" to pre-deny.