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Originally Posted by Frank@50
What is the purpose of Man? It would be the same as all living things.
To Grow. To grow beyond ourselves and touch the face of God.
If artificial intelligence surpasses our own intelligence, if future computors
are made of light and chemicals, if they can repair and replace themselves, does this not make them the children of man?
Does this not make them the chilrdren of God?
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Or perhaps something more like illegitmate half-brothers?
I will not get into a discussion about God because I can tell we will disagree on that and really it is irrelevant. I will however offer the suggestion that the purpose of all living things is to adapt to their environments and therefore prolong their individual survival as well as the survival of the species. The point of life is to keep on living... so to speak.
Creating these super computers is certainly one way science seems to think we can go about prolonging our lives... perhaps indefinately.