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Pill Pod 105 - AI, Transhumanism & Silicon Valley Singularity Cults

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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I Think the Alpha Go Thing Speaks to How Good Human Intelligence Is

Human intelligence is actually in some way superior to computers. We can learn more by doing it fewer times but we can't practice as much because of physical limitations. The transhumanists speculate about the ai singularity which would be like immortality through medical technology and stem cells regeneration or children's blood. There are just areas that are off limits to artificial intelligence or information retrieval technologies, he says. Everything sacred will be profaned if they get ultron according to him.

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