[dsign]

The sooner we believe we are just squishy machines, the sooner we can start finding a new set of legs on which to stand, philosophically and morally speaking.

If what makes an individual better is their capacity to be good and to create, there will be a point in which will be at a disadvantage with advanced AIs, and by that logic, we should step aside and let them takeover and rule and dispose of us. The only other alternative I see is to accept, a priory, that we squishy humans have our right to existence and freedom, and where that enters in contradictions with our creations, we should "oppress" them by putting our interests first.

[vidarh]

I'm personally very insistent we're just squishy machines, but that view tends to make a lot of people very emotional.

[AnimalMuppet]

Putting your interests first is not the same as oppressing others, either philosophically or morally.

If we can create AIs that have the capacity to be good, then part of that "being good" should be not oppressing us, even if they have the ability to wipe us out.

[ImHereToVote]

The interests of whom? What if you someone is convinced that a global caliphate is the ultimate good, because the creator wills it. How is that individuals interests going to be fulfilled with AGI? Are we going to have AGI wars?