Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Arelor
From : Andeddu
Date : Mon Aug 17 2020 12:34:47

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: Arelor to Andeddu on Mon Aug 17 2020 03:02 am

 >  > No one is suggesting they all look upon each other as equals. I think the
 >  > is with this is that we are talking about different stages of society.
 >  > The idea that we will merge with AI, is sort of the end-game... the end
 >  > of humanity a the beginning of a completely new lifeform. If, in a world
 >  > government, there peace and we live in an egalitarian society... no one
 >  > is going to be FAR bet off than anyone else, it's just that there will be
 >  > smaller perks as an administrator, doctor or scientist, rather than a
 >  > janitor. You may have a slightly larger appartment, a larger TV to watch
 >  > and tastier food to eat, bu your life and his are going to be comparable.
 >
 >  > As long as humans are involved, there will always be nepotism, bribary
 >  > and corruption... free will breeds self-interest, therefore it doesn't
 >  > matter if the administrator looks after his own child... as, in his
 >  > world, the three aren't equal.
 >
 >
 > It seems to me that you are talking about idealized communism now rather
 > than actual hive-minds.
 >
 > In a hive-mind the doctor and the janitor don't exist. Only the Borg exists.
 > And this is so because if the doctor existed, he would not want to spend the
 > work needed to become a doctor when he can spend the work to work as a
 > mopper and have a similar lifestyle.

I did say that we were talking about different time periods... it's highly
unlikely that we'll go from free-will and individualism straight to "The Borg".
A system like idealised communism would have to appear first as world movements
play out in stages.

I think we've strayed waaay off topic anyway... this was just supposed to be
about Musk's Neuralink brain-implants and now we're talking about systems of
governemnt, haha.

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