Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind
In summary, Kaku begins by saying that the Singularity is inevitable,
regardless if it will happen in twenty years or a thousand years.
Uncontrolled, it will have catastrophic consequences. He continues by
saying that human intelligence will surpass everything we can imagine, but
alongside us, the machines will have their own goals. They will stop at
nothing to fulfill them, and they will eliminate any obstacles in their path—
humans included.
This is how Kaku used to think, he adds. However, now he has
changed his mind, interestingly enough. His new attitude is that the
Singularity should be embraced. Even more interestingly, Kaku points out
in this video that he’s an optimist and not a pessimist, and that it is optimists that
have made history, not the pessimists. Where have we heard that before? Oh,
that’s right, from Dr. Kurzweil! Thus, we have another AI Prophet in Dr.
Michio Kaku, which is not surprising to me. Cleverly, he first presents the
real scenario and the real threat, but then turns things around, as if the threat
is actually the solution. This is typical psychological warfare. By listing all
the key threats that truth-sayers have warned about for some time now, and
embracing it all, just to turn it around in his next breath will make the public
think that the truth is definitely just conspiracy theories, spread by
pessimists and negative people, who do not want humanity to progress. This
brainwashing technique has always been a safe card to play because it
usually works well on the general public.
What is Dr. Kaku’s solution to robots taking over the world and
surpassing us in intelligence and capabilities in general now that he’s
changed his mind 180 degrees? What made him allegedly change his mind
(I’m sure he never did—I dare say that he has been a Singularitist all the
time)? According to what he says in the video, his “brilliant” solution is to
“merge with them!” He continues talking about how we already, with an
MRI, can scan every neuron in our brain and thus make it digital and store
it in a Super Brain—a vast database of all human knowledge. “By merging
with machines, we will enter a new super-human existence,” he says,
stunningly enough. He continues, “In the post-human era, we become
Human Superior.” Finally, how Kaku ends the video by cheering up the
audience by urging them into accepting the Singularity as their salvation is
truly disgusting, in my opinion.
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