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Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

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Chapter 4: Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity<br />

If someone would still be able to think outside this new, diminished-sized<br />

box, you can rest assured that this person’s thoughts would be erased<br />

remotely. We already know that this can be done because <strong>the</strong> AI Prophets<br />

have told us (see earlier sections <strong>and</strong> chapters in this book). Based on <strong>the</strong><br />

above conclusions, a book such as this will not be included in <strong>the</strong> SBC <strong>and</strong><br />

will probably only exist in human consciousness as long as <strong>the</strong> Internet is<br />

up <strong>and</strong> running <strong>and</strong> mankind is still not connected to <strong>the</strong> SBC.<br />

The Internet is, <strong>of</strong> course, not <strong>the</strong> only system from which <strong>the</strong><br />

Controllers are ga<strong>the</strong>ring information about us; o<strong>the</strong>r examples are<br />

smartphones, new cars, GPSs, <strong>and</strong> more.<br />

Kurzweil states outright that in post Singularity we won’t be able to<br />

distinguish between different virtual realities. If this doesn’t sober people<br />

up, nothing will. All people need to do is to st<strong>and</strong> back <strong>and</strong> look at this<br />

scenario <strong>and</strong> ask <strong>the</strong>mselves; is this what we want humanity to become? Do<br />

we want to become parts <strong>of</strong> an eternal video game where we are <strong>the</strong><br />

characters, while those who run <strong>the</strong> SBC are <strong>the</strong> players? Would that not<br />

make it easy for <strong>the</strong> game masters to make us do anything <strong>the</strong>y want us to<br />

do <strong>and</strong> place us in any dimension <strong>the</strong>y wish in order to have us fight <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

cosmic wars?<br />

Now <strong>the</strong> reader probably can probably see how video games get into<br />

<strong>the</strong> picture, as well. Aren’t those a preparation for <strong>the</strong> real virtual reality<br />

game that has been planned for us? Young people are addicted to video<br />

games. In those, <strong>the</strong>y can get involved in virtual reality wars, space wars,<br />

<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r extreme violent behavior <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y love it. Wouldn’t many <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>se kids love to be able to do this in real life, thinking <strong>the</strong>y can do it<br />

without even breaking any moral or ethics codes? After all, it’s all just a<br />

virtual reality, right? The deception <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> manipulation go deep, <strong>and</strong><br />

those who are most receptive to manipulation <strong>of</strong> this caliber are <strong>the</strong> children<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> adolescents <strong>of</strong> today’s world.<br />

Those who have read Ender’s Game underst<strong>and</strong> what I’m trying to<br />

convey; Ender is a teenager, who competes with o<strong>the</strong>r teenagers to become<br />

<strong>the</strong> top virtual reality player, trying to be <strong>the</strong> one who can shoot down most<br />

alien spaceships. Under strict military discipline, <strong>the</strong>se boys <strong>and</strong> girls are<br />

being told that <strong>the</strong>y are practicing for <strong>the</strong> real thing, in case we would be<br />

attacked by a certain alien species in <strong>the</strong> future. Ender is doing great on <strong>the</strong><br />

“test runs,” <strong>and</strong> he is shooting down many enemy ships. However, as<br />

revealed later, <strong>the</strong>se were not test runs—<strong>the</strong>y were <strong>the</strong> real thing! Every<br />

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