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The Existence Question - Full Video

Recorded 2/20/23, part of VN Alexander's Course: The Perils of Coding Humans

James Lyons-Weiler
Feb 21, 2023
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What will happen to the human race if we start reprogramming our genomes? What if we also plug into AIs, as Elon Musk has suggested. The human race has long sought to improve itself. Now, with genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, we are on the cusp of a brave new world. But some fear that these advances may be too much for us to handle.

Here, Dr. Lyons-Weiler parses out the issues we are facing at various levels.

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Jerome V.
Writes Heroes and Villains
Feb 21

If we continue to allow psychopaths and their amoral associates to use our energies to carry out their pathological agendas, it will end badly. We must throw off The Parasite.

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denise ward
Writes Sociophiles
Feb 21

It seems obvious but technology could be great but for one fundamental condition - it must not be "owned" by anyone or it owned by all. It cannot be owned by a few. If it is it won't be wonderful and it isn't anywhere near as wonderful now as it could be if it were a public utility. If the rich decide for all then forget it, it will be like throwing your life away into a dumpster. We must not entrust a group to make these critical decisions or us. The internet is wonderful because we can now quantify exactly the number of people for something or against something. We can do it using the Egalitarian Proposal System: https://deniseward.substack.com/p/the-egalitarian-proposal-system

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