[theblueadept]

Wishful thinking. In the unlikely event that AI reaches the level of housefly within my lifetime, it will occur at a level above humanity, in the same way that an individual's conciousness occurs at a level above brain cells.

[theoh]

Any particular reason why you believe that? Sounds like a bit of a strong statement given our lack of knowledge about how consciousness works.

[johansch]

In my experince most/all people who think this way do so because of religion.

[theoh]

Well, it sounds more like superorganism talk to me. The possibility of a superorganism "above" humanity doesn't seem to me to have any bearing on the development of AI "alongside" humanity...