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Stephen Hawking Warns That AI and 'Superhumans' Could Wipe Humanity; Says There's No God in Posthumous Book (cnn.com)
Stephen Hawking says artificial intelligence will eventually become so advanced it will "outperform humans." The renowned physicist who died in March warns of both rises in advanced artificial intelligence and genetically-enhanced "superhumans" in a book published Tuesday. Hawking also weighed in on god, and aliens. From a report: According to an excerpt of the book "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" published by the U.K.'s Sunday Times, Hawking wrote AI could prove "huge" to humanity so long as restrictions are in place to control how quickly it grows. "While primitive forms of artificial intelligence developed so far have proved very useful, I fear the consequences of creating something that can match or surpass humans," Hawking wrote. "Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete and would be superseded." Hawking wrote about a need for serious research to explore what impact AI would have on humanity, from the workplace to the military, where he expressed concerns about sophisticated weapons systems "that can choose and eliminate their own targets." Hawking also wrote about advances to manipulating DNA, or what he calls "self-designed evolution. Early advances involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR include alerting DNA to create "low-fat" pigs. CNN: "There is no God. No one directs the universe," he writes in "Brief Answers to the Big Questions." "For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse that was inflicted by God," he adds. "I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature."
"There are forms of intelligent life out there," he writes. "We need to be wary of answering back until we have developed a bit further." And he leaves open the possibility of other phenomena. "Travel back in time can't be ruled out according to our present understanding," he says. He also predicts that "within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System."
"There are forms of intelligent life out there," he writes. "We need to be wary of answering back until we have developed a bit further." And he leaves open the possibility of other phenomena. "Travel back in time can't be ruled out according to our present understanding," he says. He also predicts that "within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System."
I'll probably get modded down but there are two important questions he should of asked before he died:
* ALL the Laws of Physics just "magically" emerged from where again? Or
* They have ALWAYS existed???
That is, WHY is the speed of light 299,792,458 m / s. Has it ALWAYS been this? If so, WHY? If not, WHY?
Either way, that requires no more, or any less, faith then your standard theist. Atheists LOVE to pretend that their F word is Faith -- but faith is NOT a dirty word -- only blind faith is. EVERYONE has Faith -- otherwise what sustains your beliefs in the first place???
Sadly Hawkins got caught up in the Fallacy of Duality:
* Atheist, noun, a spiritual blind man arguing color doesn't exist,
* Theist, noun, a spiritual monochromatic man arguing that ONLY his color exists.
The fundamental problem is that Atheism is based on ignorance. i.e. I have no belief. Ergo, I have no knowledge. Great! How does this LACK of knowledge help you to live a better life??? How does it help you to have compassion for your fellow man or animal?
As a mystic I can say Hawkins was 100% wrong about The Source. He will find out just how ignorant he was about meta-reality when he realizes his consciousness is INDEPENDENT of his physical body -- which he could of learnt if he actually LISTENED to anyone who has had an OBE. Sadly, he COMPLETELY missed the point about religion. He should of ditched man-made religion and focused on transcendent spirituality instead.
i.e.
* Religion: one man preaching another what he SHOULD do to understand The Source,
* Spirituality: one man teaching another what he COULD do to understand The Source.
Hawkins also should have stuck to Physics where he can PROVE his claims otherwise he doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about W.R.T. Meta-Physics.
Scientist: Awesome work for making Science accessible to the public!
Atheist: Doesn't have a fucking clue about meta-reality.
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The ENTIRE reason you even exist is to learn HOW to have better relationships.
There is nothing more important then them. Your character is the only thing you can take with you when you die.