Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
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Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
could just as well stand for “alien intelligence.” We have no certainty we’ll contact extraterrestrial beings from one of the billion earthlike planets in the sky in the next 200 years, but we have almost 100 percent certainty that we’ll manufacture an alien intelligence by then.
Kevin Kelly • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
But what if the meaning of AI is not to be found in the way it competes with, supersedes or supplants us? What if, like the emergence of network theory, its purpose is to open our eyes and minds to the reality of intelligence as something doable in all kinds of fantastic ways, many of them beyond our own rational understanding?
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
AI Is Evolving —And Changing Our Understanding Of Intelligence | NOEMA
Blaise Agüera y Arcasnoemamag.com
It's becoming increasingly evident that in many circles, AI is not perceived as merely a technology, but as "something else" entirely. This misconception is exemplified by the recurring debate: "Humans vs AI." To illustrate the absurdity of this framing, let's replace "AI" with "technology":
"Humans vs Technology"
This reframing immediately highl... See more
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