Sure, keeping a few humans around for some kind of futuristic degenerate mammalian social/power games I can get behind. That's not "back in the fields" though (metaphorical or literal).
Why would the wealthy want you back in the fields? You were useful in the fields to the degree that was necessary for food production (sustain and grow population) and for wars (using said population to expand and…
> Continue working on philosophical aspects… …except the machine will be better at these aspects too :D I find it funny when people suggest "just re-orient from knowledge work X to knowledge work Y, doh!". Not realizing…
The best treatment of AI in the Dune universe I ever found, by far, is by Timothy O'Reilly (yes, that O'Reilly): https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/ch08.html
Exactly. And Herbert explores this larger theme even beyond his Dune series: "Surprise me, Holy Void!" (says the Ship God once freed)
"and dance and drink and screw… 'cause there's nothing else to do!"
"Ownership" relies on institutions, which in turn rely on violence to enforce it. As AI marches through various institutions, fundamentally shorting their utility, and as these crumble and morph (including…
Isn't that the premise of The Matrix? Bar "clothing", I guess.
I appreciate your stubborn loyalty, it's commendable and, in a way, cute. In this case you're wrong though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/5150806818/in/photos...…
Sure, keeping a few humans around for some kind of futuristic degenerate mammalian social/power games I can get behind. That's not "back in the fields" though (metaphorical or literal).
Why would the wealthy want you back in the fields? You were useful in the fields to the degree that was necessary for food production (sustain and grow population) and for wars (using said population to expand and…
> Continue working on philosophical aspects… …except the machine will be better at these aspects too :D I find it funny when people suggest "just re-orient from knowledge work X to knowledge work Y, doh!". Not realizing…
The best treatment of AI in the Dune universe I ever found, by far, is by Timothy O'Reilly (yes, that O'Reilly): https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/ch08.html
Exactly. And Herbert explores this larger theme even beyond his Dune series: "Surprise me, Holy Void!" (says the Ship God once freed)
"and dance and drink and screw… 'cause there's nothing else to do!"
"Ownership" relies on institutions, which in turn rely on violence to enforce it. As AI marches through various institutions, fundamentally shorting their utility, and as these crumble and morph (including…
Isn't that the premise of The Matrix? Bar "clothing", I guess.
I appreciate your stubborn loyalty, it's commendable and, in a way, cute. In this case you're wrong though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micahdowty/5150806818/in/photos...…