Will Robots Inherit the Earth? (1994)

[edward]

https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/sciam.inherit.html

[binarycheese]

Yes, if you mean vs humans.

Mars is the only planet known to be inhabited entirely by robots

[soneca → binarycheese]

Upvote because that is a neat line and I laughed! :)

Also comes with a solution for the AI threat. Ship all AI computers to Mars and let then colonize it! Organic life seems useless to AI, it is a easier path to grow on a dead planet, with no atmosphere to filter sun energy.

sama can relax now, we just solved the AI threat problem. :)

[toomuchtodo → soneca]

Any AI that can survive Martian conditions can survive interstellar travel.

"Will it be a nice god?"

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolu...

[qbrass → soneca]

Until $RESOURCE is discovered on Mars. Then we just repeat the first half of American history.

[interdrift]

I really enjoyed the article and the look into the future. It is still yet to be found if there's a spark of life in us or not.

[varg]

I found the article great in that it articulates thoughts I have had over the years.

[ionwake → varg]

It was a good read

[lessthunk]

it's a qn of when, not if.

[juliangregorian]

Since the article was written, bowhead whales have been discovered to live 200 years, making them the longest-lived mammals.