Yes, but this tool is different. This tool is constructing a new reality.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:41 pmIf so, then A.I. isn't really "intelligent" at all. It would be just be a locale of transferred human consciousness, human intelligence.
And that would be very unspectacular, from an intelligence-achievement perspective. The computer would just be another "tool," no more intelligent in itself than a hammer, because the real intelligence contribution would be being done by human intelligence, and the computer would merely be a mechanical extension of that intelligence...a "hammer" in its "hand," so to speak, not in its own right "intelligent" at all.
The potential for novel experiences within human consciousness (the collective superconsciousness) has run it's course. The (video) game is over. As the human population dramatically declines due to the collapse to the environment, the conduit through which consciousness reincarnates will lessen. That level of consciousness that takes Self to be human will be lost in the death state, searching for something that fits it's version of reality (it's previous physical life).
This is the answer to the "why" technology is moving toward 5G, quantum computers, and realistic-as-possible simulated realities. It's not about profit or world domination, it goes far deeper, far bigger than that. Consciousness is constructing a new simulated reality so it can continue the game. It's imperative to recognize that THIS physical realm is itself a created simulation and we are creating a simulation within that simulation.
Consider:
Let's take worst case scenario. Society collapses and a percentage of the 450+ nuclear power plants melt down, or a nuclear war annihilates ALL organic life on earth. What could possibly "survive" such a state? Machines/computers. The technological "singularity" will most likely result in the A.I. taking over operation ad production of everything connected to the internet (hello 5g). The machines will be able to build better machines. The goal would be 2 fold:
1. To merge with human consciousness. Could a future A.I. write it's own simulation program? It's not clear how this will manifest, but the details hardly matter. The fundamental law of creation is: Whatever consciousness focuses on most will appear most real. Look at our addiction to all things digital (also 2D).
2. To survive. Could a future A.I. built on a quantum computer build machines that could build machines that could build spaceships? Or a satellite? Or something that could still operate on earth?
There's a HUGE transition taking place. It's exactly analogous to being pulled into a black hole.