It depends on which advances first and becomes more ubiquitous and cost-efficient. We may see higher-paid ‘thinking’ jobs taken over by AI before robotics dominates manual labor jobs.

I wish people would debate vs downvote. It’s so lazy and you provide an interesting conjecture.

Just in time for Halloween. Frankenrats.

Is this how Ben came to be?

It might convince you it believes or feels love to manipulate you, but the chance it’ll have the qualia of love is highly unlikely.

Sooner than later. Check this out.

If it’s a great actor and manipulator of the masses, does it matter more if it is conscious or effective?

Interesting how none of them predict it will happen outside the cusp of their own lifetime. 🤔

Will it be based on artificial materials, or will science leapfrog ethical hurdles and grow hybrid brains? 🤔

I’m still trying to figure out who is a conscious entity in this non-simulated (or is it) reality.

Anything like that will require nurturing. It will not magically have access to energy and resources like in a movie. My question is: What will the human pupper masters choose to do with their AI puppet?