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Do computers provide a means by which Ayn Rand Objectivists could become collectivist? - The 10th Dimension - 02-28-2013 09:11 AM
There are theories out that within 15 years computers will become smarter than humans in all ways. At the same time, we are going to continue merging with machines -- just as everyone has adopted smartphones and Facebook, soon we'll literally merge our intellects with machines.
So, my question is, since Ayn Rand and her Objectivists believe in the supremacy of rational thought and machines are completely rational, does this mean that in the future they might advocate plugging our individual consciousnesses into collective machines so that we can become completely rational beings?
Please explain why or why not. Thank you.
Fine, then make it one thousand or ten thousand years from now. The question still holds.
- LN ® - 02-28-2013 09:18 AM
"There are theories out that within 15 years computers will become smarter than humans in all ways"
That's BS. We are barely even beginning to scratch the surface of what human consciousness is and how it works, much less programming a machine to have its own intelligence
EDIT: "Rationality" is a human quality and does not apply to machines. So let's say we were able to create a super intelligent computer with human qualities. How could we trust such a thing? It might tell us the truth, it might not. It might hate humans and have its own agenda.
- Mark - 02-28-2013 09:27 AM
Lets not forget that computer intelligence is only as strong as the logic written by the programmer. I don't relish the idea of leaving any important decisions at the hands of a few thousand computer programmers.
Let the computers do what they do best. Provide an analytical view of volumes of data. Let people make decisions on how that information is to be used.
- righteousjohnson - 02-28-2013 09:35 AM
No, because the dynamic in play with Objectivism is not man vs. machine, but the individual vs. the collective. Utilizing machines is just a tool to be used by the individual. To the extent that such progress subjugates the indvidual to the collective, it denies its own premise, and becomes irrelevant.
The risk of this is not in the computers, but in the infrastructure. People will operate off the grid.