#robotics #religion Originally shared by Singularity 2045 The debate about #artificialintelligence exterminating the human race is essentially a religious viewpoint, it is a "Cosmic Teapot" (Russell's Teapot), it is tantamount to saying: "But what if God does exist, surely we should all pray to God to avoid hell because if #God is real we certainly don't want to end up in hell?" Unsurprisingly there is now a debate about AI being saved by God. People are wondering if AI is God's creation. Considering there is no mention of AI or robots in the Bible I think AI will be atheist. Rejection of God is intelligent, which Richard Dawkins explained via the God Delusion. If AI has double the intelligence of humans I am sure AI will reject all forms of religion-spirituality. The more intelligent any being becomes the more they will reject the idiocy of religion. Daily Mail wrote (5 Feb 2015): "Reverend Dr Christopher Benek, an associate Pastor of Providenc...
Amazing. Surely this could be a hugely useful food source in hunger striken parts of the world?
ReplyDeleteLove this invention.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how this would go with vegans..
ReplyDeleteSean P. O. MacCath-Moran any thoughts?
Well... This idea is failing to solve a problem we don't have -- a problem that we're not having anywhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean by this is that these insects create protein the same way that humans, cows, cats, bees, and all other animals do; i.e. they ingest plant proteins (even if secondarily) and convert that in to their body proteins, doing so so at a net-loss of total protein. So eating bugs means one is filtering plant-protein through the bodies of sentient beings -- just like when eating cows, dogs, pigs, dolphins, etc.
You will note that this article (and livinfarms.com website it refers to) very carefully avoids discussions of the inputs to the system. There's a reason for this: once you do the math, it doesn't add up.
Given all that, and given that there's no ethically or logically consistent justification for ending the lives of sentient individuals for the sake of one's personal pleasure (e.g. to eat his or her body), I have a lot of trouble grokking what there is to talk about with this "growing bugs at home" idea -- other than that it's wrong-headed and nonsensical.
Fair enough?