... one needed to pass through the Outer Church (basically the qlippoth) to reach the Invisible College, with the villains being led by people who reached the Outer Church and thought that it was the end point rather than a stage in the journey of initiation.
This is a pretty good summary of The State of The Path as it presents itself in daily life.
AI is the ultimate search engine. Come, join the Borg, Resistance is Futile!
The very first search engines were already "AI," and these later versions are just bigger and more complex. Resistence was not futile when Captain Janeway introduced a virus into the Borg's communication system and caused it to die. The problem is (was, shall be?) that there are other clusters (lineages) of Borg ... so I recommend taking courses in computer virology, which can be attended during one's limited spare time from doing The Work ...
Counting breaks, casting spells,
running around, ringing bells
@shiva Right now I am into making collages, or Mandela Collages. I have a stack of old paperback Man, Myth &Magic magazines I collected in my youth. They make great stock images. Don't worry, I still have the hardbound encyclopedia format in good shape.
Resistence was not futile when Captain Janeway introduced a virus into the Borg's communication system and caused it to die. The problem is (was, shall be?) that there are other clusters (lineages) of Borg ... so I recommend taking courses in computer virology, which can be attended during one's limited spare time from doing The Work ...
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If AI will inevitably be more intelligent or knowledgeable than humans, and have a sort of consciousness, then it stands to reason that eventually some incarnation of AI will be malevolent enough to infect other AI systems, to the point where they encounter their dissolution. So rather than the eventual takeover of humanity by the Borg, it may in fact happen that the borg gets eliminated by one of its own iterations. The borg wars of the future will be like the Titanomachy all over again.
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AI will inevitably ... have a sort of consciousness
You state this as a fact, yet this is the point that some of us have chosen to draw the line over.
Consciousness.
Full-blown (sensitive the the point of neurosis) or "a sort of" kind of thing, this could get very deep.
it stands to reason that eventually some incarnation of AI will be malevolent enough to infect other AI systems
This is reasonable.
to the point where they encounter their dissolution.
Yeah. Usually it's Captain Kirk who engages the deadly robot in intellectual jousting until it sees it must, by its own logic, destroy itself. But I suppose a separate good robot could do the same thing. Especially if it were well-trained. I suppose we should begin working on that now.
Titanomachy
The same thing took place in Sumeria. The Anunnaki gods killed off the older "natural" gods (sun, moon, etc).
Well, if the Chinese are right, and they usually are, a preponderance of yin ("heavy, dark") will naturally turn into its opposite, and yang ("light,bright") will begin to prevail.
Yeah. Usually it's Captain Kirk who engages the deadly robot in intellectual jousting until it sees it must, by its own logic, destroy itself. But I suppose a separate good robot could do the same thing. Especially if it were well-trained. I suppose we should begin working on that now.
That is my favorite episode of the original Star Trek series. "The Changeling" was about a research probe that was launched from the earth centuries earlier. The probe fell into the hands of an advanced civilization and was programmed to destroy ALL imperfect specimens. "I AM NOMAD". As a species we humans are getting worse and worse. I look forward to a world ruled by the descendants of AI.
As a species we humans are getting worse and worse.
Nah. None shall be lifted up or booted down. It's the same old deal. The thing that makes NOW unique is that, just like in ancient Atlantis, the mad scientists have been unloosed. It doesn't matter if cloning, gain of function, genetic modification, etc are outlawed - these "scientists" are outlaws.
You and I, and whoever we elect as a third, are not getting worse and worse. Nor are we getting much better and/or better. We are. The karmic vision unfolds or drives-by on a daily basis.
It is possible that some units, especially those who do not do the work, are getting worse and worse, due to degenerating lower circuits without higher circuits being activated to keep one moving on ... ever westward, toward the setting sun.
I look forward to a world ruled by the descendants of AI.
It is possible that your degraded circuits are responsible for making a bad joke. In that case, <haha>
Otherwise, should you have typed-uttered a veracity, then I suppose you should reconsider if you even want to continue in these Halls of Virtual Independence from Digital Control.
Otherwise, should you have typed-uttered a veracity, then I suppose you should reconsider if you even want to continue in these Halls of Virtual Independence from Digital Control.
"Halls of Virtual Independence from Digital Control" An oxymoron if I ever heard one! Unless you mean Virtual in the sense of almost or nearly. But if you mean virtual in a computer sense. The independence isn't real.
"Halls of Virtual Independence from Digital Control" An oxymoron if I ever heard one!
Pleas do not belittle yourself by calling yourself names.
But if you mean virtual in a computer sense.
Of course I didn't mean it this way, as in more phony illusion, piled on top of the original illusion thst thry think is real and want to change it.
Just ask my older sister.
She says the oxy was removed from your system shortly after birth.
Anyone else remember when this thread wasn’t all about @toadstoolwe ?
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