- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- memes@lemmy.ml
geteilt von: https://feddit.de/post/8820853
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AI is just a prediction engine, just like a tiger is just molecules.
The scary part is realizing the part that is you is not the particles, but its momentary pattern.
You’re a quasistable event.
You’re a wave.
You’re a brief song.
You’re a vibe.
And then you’re gone.
Most people aren’t ready to deal with that.
I do find that very comforting.
It reminds me of a bit in the outer chapters of the zhuangzi that’s talking about fearing death. It points out how bad a lump of iron would be if it demanded to only ever be a knife and never recast into anything else.
How am I to know that the current configuration of the molecules I’m made of is the best use of them? There will come a time where everything that’s me is recast and put to better use.
Now I’m imagining an iron proletariat uprising