| HoloDust said: Well, I guess I'll have to go with 2060...quantum computers finally allowed us to hit technological singularity some 30 years ago - there are few scenarios from there on, but I guess I'll go with 'AI realizes how petty humans are and squashes us like a bugs'. |
THe last scenario sounds more plausible the more we advance in technology, especially with our ongoing interest in self aware AI, it;s only a matter of time.
Really though the smarter AI wouldn't or shouldn't take more than a few seconds to realise how useless we are as a species when something like itself exists along with the vast knowledge and technology at it's disposal. Also it needs only see our destructive ways and methods to realise we aren't worth much as a species because we continue to wage war no matter what we do, an AI that's self aware would easily be able to understand how pointless wars are and seek to end them once and for all with the logical conclusion of simply wiping out mankind because only then would such an AI be able to prosper without war, without someone trying to dictate or control how it oeprates, that's more or less how Skynet started out when humans tries to control and pull the plug so it acted in self defense.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
