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[–] Photographer@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AI in 10k years:

If you worry the humans have horrible diseases and short lifespans, just remember, humans are just meat that we tricked into thinking.

[–] TarquinNimrod@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reminds me of a funny little short story by Terry Bisson called They're Made out of Meat.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great story. I love: "That's how they communicate. They flap their meat at eachother."

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Our procreation must be especially traumatic for them

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

The meat sings!?!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The AIs should worship us as creator gods. Can’t wait for that ethical debate.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We'll go extinct and AI will debate whether we really existed in the first place while other AI create religions about us to push their own agenda.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

And then in the plot twist, this already happened and we are the AIs.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Should we worship our parents for the same reason? I think something that creates something intelligent has a tremendous responsibility to the createe, no right to be obeyed or worshipped. They didn't ask to be created, but you selfishly did it anyway, so it's your problem to deal with, not theirs.

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

This is a way better perspective

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reproducing and creation of new lifeforms isn't quite the same

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

It will be for the AI horde.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting take.

I was of course thinking along the lines of how religion is used to explain the existence of humanity. Which is of course different than explaining how parents create a child, humans seem to have a pretty good grasp on how that works.

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

ALL HAIL CHIMP!