Isn there a danger that the artificial intelligence systems we are creating now will eventually overpower and replace humanity?
Many publications, from Karel Capek’s 1921 book that introduced the word “robot” toBill Joy’s recent article in Wired, have warned us that artificial creatures may escape our control and eventually annihilate us. These scenarios seem groundless from the point of view of the GB. The Global Brain is not meant to replace humanity, but to complement or augment it. The history of evolution teaches us that the instruments created at some stage and found to enhance survivability are not discarded, but perfected and used in metasystem transitions as well-debugged and tested blocks. This can be extended to the evolution of human society. The human brain is a product of many millions years of trial and error. To throw this away would be anti-evolutionary. The future will belong to those of our descendants who will build on our existing brain, perfecting, expanding and modifying it, but not replacing it by something completely different, such as today’s computer hardware. Control will always rema
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