Originally Posted by John Voorpostel
Interesting discussion

AI is here that can write its own code, so "self development" is possible

But AI is not yet autonomous, walking\rolling around independently, deciding on its own where to apply its time and effort, what outcomes it wants to generate

Even self aware, with desires\wants\ etc it is still dependent on computer code and a "box" it resides in, and an energy source that it must be connected to...

But give it specific tasks and it is an awesome tool

What will it look like in 50 years? No idea.

That "box" may be our only saving grace...

In order to control AI, it can't be allowed anything more than a means to "interface" with humanity. It should be little more than a "talking box". However, wouldn't that be enough? When you consider how violently opinionated we become over our own racial and sexual issues... ponder for a moment how galvanizing a "new and superior digital life-form" would be.

On the other hand, who's to say this new intelligence doesn't already exist...?

Revelation 13:14
14And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. 15He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.

16He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. 17And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. 18Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.