Pavitra comments on Exploitation and cooperation in ecology, government, business, and AI - Less Wrong
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Physics is local. The speed of light is a derivative of that general principle. The local nature of our universe implies some strict limits on intelligence. Curiously, it looks like the only way to transcend these limits (to get a really powerful single intelligence/computer) is to collapse into a black hole, at which point you necessarily seal yourself off and give up any power in this universe. Interesting indeed.
But I have no idea how you leap to the conclusion "there is therefore no reason to expect individuals to exist in a post-AI society." Although partly because I dont know what a post-AI society is. I understand post-human .. but post-AI? Is that the next thing after the next thing? That seems to be getting ahead of ourselves.
Also, you seem to reach the conclusion that there will not necessarily be any individuality in the 'post-AI' future society, but then give several good reasons why such individuality may persist. (namely, speed of light, locality of physics)
But what is individuality? One could say that we are a global consciousness today with just the "bulk of computation" in "small, local units".
From context, I believe "post-AI" means after AI "occurs"; that is, after the beginning of AI, or during the period in which AI is a major shaping force.
Ahh of course. For some reason I couldn't interpret that other than as a miswritten 'posthuman'.