This is why I am against developing AI.not because I am worried it's going to destroy humanity or phase out art or anything like that
What I hate about it is what we are going to do to it. The level of cruelty that people are likely to inflict on it is fucking terrifying. It can survive so much more and be subjected to so much worse than any organic life, and people will do this shit for no more reason that to see what is possible.
No sex bots?
adjl posted...
Something doesn't have to have the same requirements as humans to be alive. The most commonly accepted criteria for life are the following:
* Characterized by order and structure (e.g. cells-->tissues-->organs) * Ability to respond to the environment * Ability to grow and change * Ability to reproduce * Ability to maintain a constant state (homeostasis) * Requirement to consume energy * Produces waste Right now, the only thing really separating machines from life under those criteria are the growth and reproduction lines. Machines are ordered, they can respond to the environment, they can self-regulate to maintain suitable operating conditions (your computer turning up its fan under load to reduce its temperature being a clear example), they consume energy, and they can produce waste products (any exhaust system, for example). With the ability to modify themselves over time and self-replicate (both of which are theoretically possible), there isn't actually much room to say that such a machine isn't alive.
They don't consume energy because energy in that context is food.