Moral+of+Story

​ Human Nature: Mechanical or Spiritual?



 A SINGULARITY ? **Is a merger of human and machine crossing "the" line?**
 * 1) What and where is "the" line?
 * 2) The line separates a holistic, warm body from a discrete, cold assembly of wires.
 * 3) Drawing the line is hard; much of who we are is entangled in our actions.
 * 4) By using a computer, we are using a tool that is an extention of ourselves.
 * 5) Our hands are tools which are extentions of ourselves.
 * 6) For more information, see Natural Born Cyborgs by Andy Clark.
 * 7) Where is our "place" in the universe?
 * 8) Before all of the tools, humans were helpless creatures.
 * 9) With the tools, humans were/are celestial beings.
 * 10) The tools are divine; a possible implication for the creations (A.I. Robots) to be the creators.
 * 11) For more information, see Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution (?) by Howard Rheingold.
 * 12) Is peace-of-mind worth the risk?
 * 13) Singularity happens: we are one more step closer to the truth.
 * 14) Singularity doesn't happen: we are one more step closer to the truth (dignity intact).
 * 15) Do we need our dignity?
 * 16) For more information, look inside //your// redhotcyborg.