"A man's got a strong back, but not strong enough to carry the load, so he invents a cart to carry it for him," She mimed lifting something up with one hand, as if gripping an invisible handle, "Artificial muscle. Teeth aren't sharp enough to cut your meat, invent a knife-- artificial teeth, and claws. We're soft, and we don't grow armor like a turtle, so we invent artificial armor. That's what sentient species do; we find a limitation, and use technology to overcome it. Computers are like that, but for thinking, and making decisions. Machines, that think."
A dangerous line to walk of course. You let something think for long enough, it started getting ideas.
"'Course, if you take it too far, they start to think for themselves. That's how you get from a VI to an AI. Let your reach exceed your grasp, and accidentally create life-- it's happened before."
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"A man's got a strong back, but not strong enough to carry the load, so he invents a cart to carry it for him," She mimed lifting something up with one hand, as if gripping an invisible handle, "Artificial muscle. Teeth aren't sharp enough to cut your meat, invent a knife-- artificial teeth, and claws. We're soft, and we don't grow armor like a turtle, so we invent artificial armor. That's what sentient species do; we find a limitation, and use technology to overcome it. Computers are like that, but for thinking, and making decisions. Machines, that think."
A dangerous line to walk of course. You let something think for long enough, it started getting ideas.
"'Course, if you take it too far, they start to think for themselves. That's how you get from a VI to an AI. Let your reach exceed your grasp, and accidentally create life-- it's happened before."