The Story So far: The Mindful Activist Topic ArchiveAsk me anything. :)What are ideas for upcoming episodes of The Mindful Activist?Dangerous IdeasTeslabots, blockchains, AI, war, aliens, and the inevitable events in the evolution of a technological society.Teslabots and androids. Implications for biological life.Suppose humans invent an android that can navigate the physical world, touch, create, manipulate, and build things as well as any human.Suppose we are able to build and maintain androids at a reasonable and ever decreasing cost. At some point, our androids will be able to replace all human labor involved in the process from start to finish of building and maintaining all tech infrastructure.At this point, androids will be able to build and maintain all aspects of a growing and expanding technological society. The only question will be...Who is directing the army of androids? Who is setting the long term goals and assigning meaning to any metrics for monitoring progress towards such goals?A society with the ability to create and use androids for all physical labor will also be able to use androids for violence, war, and destruction.

A society with the ability to create and use androids for all physical labor will also be able to use androids for violence, war, and destruction.

1. In short, all technological societies may be destined to create a world in which the capacity for all physical acts including labor and war is merely a function of wealth. tid:2478 (1) (hivelink)
   

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