I'm not sure this is even conceivable, but... Imagine the bootstrap problem of intelligence systems going down, when no one knows how to bring them back up without the system itself walking them through it... Like if power and intelligence were to go down in a Carrington-class event in 10 years...
Like what would happen to individuals ten years from now who are trying to live if AI suddenly became inaccessible
Of course we all know most humans are useless and unable to survive outside our culture, but the difference is that I'm trying to picture is the individual trying the reason through challenges. The version of this that has been obvious to me up to now is that the individual didn't have the knowledge to look after themselves. But I guess it feels different to conceive of them not having the ability to fully reason on their own...?
To not just lack the objects of intelligence, but the very process of it...
for those not aware of the reference, "The Machine Stops" was a 1909 novelette by E. M. Forster. It was very forward thinking, and so full of ideas!
On project gutenberg: first story in this anthology, <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890
PDF of just the story: <a href="https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/...
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Like what would happen to individuals ten years from now who are trying to live if AI suddenly became inaccessible
Of course we all know most humans are useless and unable to survive outside our culture, but the difference is that I'm trying to picture is the individual trying the reason through challenges. The version of this that has been obvious to me up to now is that the individual didn't have the knowledge to look after themselves. But I guess it feels different to conceive of them not having the ability to fully reason on their own...?
To not just lack the objects of intelligence, but the very process of it...
rossdavidh · · focus · HN ↗
gcr · · focus · HN ↗
On project gutenberg: first story in this anthology, <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890" rel="nofollow">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72890
PDF of just the story: <a href="https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/Machine_stops.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~koehl/Teaching/ECS188/PDF_files/...