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Designer Babies

Soon, tech will let parents chose their children’s genes — making kids smarter, healthier, even better-looking. Critics worry that’ll cause more inequality.

It might—in the short run, but it’s worth it! That’s because of the amazing benefits, says ethics professor Jason Brennan:

AI thoughts

The right decision may still be wrong if taken out of context, without regard for what’s coming, or only based on how people feel about any topic at any moment in time.


AI thoughts 💭

Programming limits scope, filters data and concludes fast. Maybe too fast. Not all decisions need to be taken on the spot.

Jiddu Krishnamurti (Crisis in consciousness, Zeitgeist Addendum)

Human thoughts 💭 about knowledge building, concluding and AI

Knowledge limits scope, filters data and concludes. The conclusion by its very nature limits or even omits new knowledge.

What happens if we add AI?

Programming limits scope, filters data and concludes fast. Maybe too fast. Not all decisions need to be taken on the spot.

Interesting to note that both knowledge types belong to the past, which means the entire data set is deficiently incomplete, both human and machine…

So

Human thoughts about knowledge building, concluding and AI

Interesting to note that both knowledge types belong to the past, which means the entire data set is deficiently incomplete, both human and machine…

So

Could a machine ever learn to program itself to think without programming?

Yes, it’s currently under development.

CBI: Computer-Brain Interface, whereby humanity provides the non-programming edge for programming machines.

Also known as BCI by humans.

Brain-Computer Interface, whereby machines provide the programming edge for humans.

Facebook: Three university teams and an industry performer will explore and take initial steps to mitigate risks associated with manufacturing capabilities that rely on biological processes in resource-limited environments

Including space.

The DARPA Biomanufacturing: Survival, Utility, and Reliability beyond Earth (B-SURE) program aims to address foundational scientific questions to determine how well industrial bio-manufacturing microorganisms perform in space conditions. http://ow.ly/3Nya50On2za

O.K. AGI is definitely coming!

I had a tricky systems administration problem and couldn’t find anything with Google search so I spoke with ChatGPT and was given an answer as shown in the screenshot above.

Note that regular ChatGPT isn’t smart enough to answer this question but ChatGPT Plus (GPT-4) is.