[krapp]

Or - and I know this isn't a new idea by any means - perhaps AGI is the circle. Perhaps the only life that persists long enough and is robust enough to spread amongst the stars is what we would consider AI or machine intelligence, and flesh and blood beings like ourselves are only considered a necessary precursor to the real thing.

[jamiek88]

Oooh yes and this proud sibling is racing to the birth of its earth agi brother.

Fun to think about.

[krapp]

It is until you consider the birth of AGI may presuppose the extinction of humanity, and how aggressively we seem to be hurtling towards our own self destruction. Maybe it's an innate collective instinct common to intelligent organic life that we "breed" technology to a sufficient level then, having served our purpose, we die. That's the way it works with a lot of insects and fish.

[jamiek88]

Yep. Maybe we are the seed for REAL intelligence.

I for one welcome our machine overlords.