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There is no point in these ill-formed hypothetical untestable assumptions.

- Assuming god comes to earth tomorrow, earth will be heaven

- Assuming an asteroid strikes earth in the future we need settlements on mars

etc, pointless discussion, gossip, and bs required for human bonding like on this forum or in a bierhauz



We are literally talking about problem solving computers. They are goal to action mappers. It's reasonable to talk about goal to action mappers that are more general than the ones we have now. They might even become more general than the general intelligences we have now on message boards.




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