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Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

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<strong>Syn<strong>the</strong>tic</strong> <strong>Super</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Transmutation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Humankind</strong><br />

can we expect will happen during <strong>the</strong> twenty-first century?<br />

Of course, Kurzweil has <strong>the</strong> answer:<br />

Having reached a tipping point, we will within this century be ready to<br />

infuse our solar system with our intelligence through self-replicating<br />

nonbiological intelligence. It will <strong>the</strong>n spread out to <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

universe. 110<br />

Perhaps, by now, <strong>the</strong> reader can see <strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> creating our<br />

own, local universes, unless we want to be part <strong>of</strong> Kurzweil’s singular<br />

future. If we don’t want to participate in <strong>the</strong> Singularity, we’d better create<br />

what we want ra<strong>the</strong>r than resisting what we don’t want (AI <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Singularity).<br />

Everybody who is reading this is still here in 3-D reality, <strong>and</strong> so long<br />

as we are here, we’d better make <strong>the</strong> best out <strong>of</strong> it. Many readers, who are<br />

still young or middle-aged, might be alive when <strong>the</strong> Singularity happens,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>refore, it is important to create your own local universe, which is <strong>the</strong><br />

universe you have access to at <strong>the</strong> moment, such as your hometown <strong>and</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>r places you might travel to. You might want to embrace this local<br />

universe <strong>and</strong> create your future in it by using your thoughts, imagination, <strong>and</strong><br />

intention. Then, you build your local universe around this spiritual sequence.<br />

This does not just apply to young <strong>and</strong> middle-aged people; we all need<br />

to do this in order not to be sucked into Kurzweil’s horrific future.<br />

110<br />

p. 271, op. cit.<br />

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