@Outsideness Thoughts on Iain M Banks AI/spacecraft depiction? Liberal fantasy, but I like the idea of letting humans along for the ride.
@howardvaan They upgrade themselves in a genteel, languid way. Self-improvement modeled on beings who cannot reconstruct their own brains.
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@Outsideness I'm certain at some point we will develop the tech to upgrade our brains. -
@howardvaan Right, almost exactly now in evolutionary time-scales.
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@Outsideness What signs could you have of an AI upgrading itself? It might be visible, but alternatively might be hidden. -
@howardvaan Important in our context. But Banks' AIs have no reason to hide anything. - 1 more reply
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@Outsideness Only languid to the human observer, who knows about the interior? Reminds me of human attitudes now to hw/sw upgrades. -
@howardvaan I guess it's a subtle question, but Banks certainly suggests a consistency of 'character' in his Minds suggesting slow growth. - 1 more reply
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