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In reply to the discussion: Are men really all that necessary in the future? [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)4. Are humans really all that necessary in the future?
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/singularity.html
Abstract
Within thirty years, we will have the technological
means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after,
the human era will be ended.
Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can
events be guided so that we may survive? These questions
are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further
dangers) are presented.
Within thirty years, we will have the technological
means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after,
the human era will be ended.
Is such progress avoidable? If not to be avoided, can
events be guided so that we may survive? These questions
are investigated. Some possible answers (and some further
dangers) are presented.
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Not really. I guess you could say that food and water are necessary for survival,
LuvNewcastle
Oct 2013
#27
if you want to make the point that frozen sperm and gay marriage are going to eliminate men,
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#19
"if you want to make the point that frozen sperm and gay marriage are going to eliminate men"
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#107
I cannot subscribe to any philosophy that doesn't inherently value everyone
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2013
#114
I'm giving the OP exactly the amount of serious thoughtful consideration
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#136
"In all universe, there is no food as well-marbled as the American human!" -Kang
Fumesucker
Oct 2013
#36
Are you necessary? I mean, if you're going to discuss whether other people
LuvNewcastle
Oct 2013
#74
The video sounded like a time-sharing sales job. I didn't listen to much of it.
randome
Oct 2013
#83
Thank you and here is an article from the Atlantic that points the same direction.
Emelina
Oct 2013
#68
This is ridiculous, remove this post please, it doesn't belong on DU. You know,
LiberalLoner
Oct 2013
#71
They'll put us on sprem farms, and keep us as pets or to carry heavy stuff and kill spiders.
JoePhilly
Oct 2013
#76
There will always be spiders in bathtubs. Circuit-breakers tripping. Toilets to be plunged.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2013
#87
"I am the queen bee. You are the worker bee. Your job is to feed me, do me, and die."
Buns_of_Fire
Oct 2013
#97
I don't know if men will be "necessary", but I sure do like them a lot and enjoy having them around!
meti57b
Oct 2013
#103
From a natural selection/evolution standpoint, I would say so. Natural conception would have
Erose999
Oct 2013
#125
Plus, it will always be cheaper (and easier!(and more fun!)) to reproduce the old-fashioned way.
arcane1
Oct 2013
#214
There are men who complain that women have encroached on men's earning power
BainsBane
Oct 2013
#169
I love how you think the gender of the vast majority of CEOs, board members and politicians doesn't
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#191
No, there are plenty of suitable female candidates out there, but there's still a hard glass ceiling
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#206
Discrimination is so diffuse that it's almost impossible to identify...
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#207
So you link to a page showing that women overall still make 9% less. And that proves what?
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#212
Isn't it amazing, men do 33% better better and they think that stat means women are beating them....
bettyellen
Oct 2013
#215
Better than what it was...Yes more women are increasingly becoming the breadwinners
fitman
Oct 2013
#159
And while we're asking questions: Is the future really all that necessary? I mean, think about it:
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#200
You can never reverse the role of oppressor and oppressed and call it the same.
Gravitycollapse
Oct 2013
#217