tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post6872612020422264472..comments2023-03-31T16:30:26.068-07:00Comments on We Are Not Saved: Artificial Intelligence and LDS CosmologyJeremiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825248383924164055noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post-81520755938075017812017-10-25T03:54:36.792-07:002017-10-25T03:54:36.792-07:00The development of full artificial intelligence co...The development of full <a href="https://www.eletimes.com/will-artificial-intelligence-automation-cause-human-decline" rel="nofollow">artificial intelligence</a> could spell the end of the human race.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405258853654390150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post-21966782623383140042017-07-27T16:36:05.580-07:002017-07-27T16:36:05.580-07:00Interesting parallel between Roko's Basilisk a...Interesting parallel between Roko's Basilisk and Outer Darkness. My feeling is that Roko's, as normally described, requires less knowledge than the normal LDS conception of who goes to Outer Darkness, but I can definitely see the similarities. <br /><br />You bring up a good point about always being able to excuse anything based on the ineffability of God. But I think I'm actually trying to go in the exact opposite direction. For centuries people have, for example, excused suffering based on the idea that we couldn't know the mind of God. What I'm saying is AI researchers have developed a model which matches the Mormon view of God's mind and it perfectly explains suffering. I think my explanation of Fermi's Paradox is similar. Forget about explaining the paradox by drawing on alien intelligences with unknown motivations, how about an alien with clear motivations who is already communicating with us, thus negating the paradox entirely?Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825248383924164055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post-37698148115738479092017-07-27T12:54:18.212-07:002017-07-27T12:54:18.212-07:00I also always thought that Roko's Basilisk was...I also always thought that Roko's Basilisk was analogous to the concept of the Outer Darkness (with the AI as God punishing the agent that was aware of the right thing to do, but didn't do it.) There's also a problem common to all theology which is that, if you assume an omniscient being beyond human capabilities, you can always say "we don't know what it would look like, what it would do, etc." which often arises in discussions of recursively improving GAI (not to mention the Fermi paradox and the simulation argument.)Michael Catonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017910055699348111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post-52157053939732186282017-07-18T20:40:59.248-07:002017-07-18T20:40:59.248-07:00Interesting. I'd never thought to ask what the...Interesting. I'd never thought to ask what the Catholics thought about aliens, despite the fact that I have a good friend who's a Dominican priest.<br /><br />What you describe is very similar to the thoughts I had with reference to Fermi's Paradox. I think you would definitely be interested in that post.<br /><br />http://jeremiah820.blogspot.com/2016/08/fermis-paradox-as-proof-of-existence-of.html Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825248383924164055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382060516692200627.post-347895115772658502017-07-18T14:26:43.818-07:002017-07-18T14:26:43.818-07:00As I understand catholic theology, the question of...As I understand catholic theology, the question of how aliens would work comes up. Since aliens didn't have Jesus on their planet, why would they accept him?<br /><br />My dad told me he'd heard somewhere the concept that Jesus' resurrection was a singular event that transformed the entire universe. Maybe those people on different planets experienced Jesus in a different way.<br /><br />This got me wondering, what if the person we experienced as Jesus wasn't the root cause, but a symptom. If a superintelligent AI did arise somewhere else in the galaxy, maybe we would have experienced it here on this planet through Jesus?Mark P Neyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682378026396276822noreply@blogger.com