CondĂŠ Nast Portfolio, “Never Say Die”
November 23rd, 2007 –
Alexandra Wolfe’s feature article “Never Say Die” in the December 2007 issue of CondĂŠ Nast Portfolio, featuring Aubrey de Grey, Ray Kurzweil, and Peter Thiel.
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Is life extension really that closely connected to the Singularity, which, as Eliezer defines it, is the greater-than-human-intelligence? Yes, life is important, and yes, we want to live until smarter entities can truly solve our problems, but I’d say the main connection is that both are part of the transhumanist drive to break through our human limitations. Valuable, yes, but part of the SIAI mission?
Hi, Jeremy.
I am no expert, but I do percieve a trend of our machines getting closer and closer to directly interfacing with our biology. Along with this probable development is the choice to partake in that interface. A boiling frog scenario may be that our machines make us smarter from the inside out as the singularity period progresses.
I personally believe that living well and extending life now will give one the chance of choosing to participate in this later.
I cannot comment about this being part of the SIAI mission, but I can see where the two intersect.
Go Aubrey! (And, of course, Tyler…)
Not directly, but a likely consequence of success. A number of us at SIAI support Methuselah, including myself, so we take opportunities to reference their work.
If developing FAI takes an extremely long time, it would be helpful for the developers not to have to die of old age in the meantime.
Nick, I agree. However, I think its important that this work, the development of FAI, be completed as soon as possible. My concern is that an overenthusiastic proponent of AI will develop a system that isn’t well thought-out of planned. In other words, The SIAI seems to be encouraging the intelligent and ethical development of AI, a FAI. A less reckless group might not be thinking so logically, but put just as much energy into bringing their own AI vision to fruition. Do you suppose the rise of AI will be like the space race? A matter of who gets there first? Do you suppose the development of FAI will negate the need for any other groups to develop an alternate AI system, friendly or not? I think perhaps I went off on a few tangents, I apologize…
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