/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9639058
Suffering is ultimately caused by Darwinian biological design. With sufficiently advanced neuroengineering, it should be theoretically possible to eliminate all forms of suffering. Google The Hedonistic Imperative by David Pearce.

>>9626001
>ever
Humanity has gone from being hunter-gatherers to where we are now in 10,000 years, m8. Unless humans go extinct some time in the near future, it's stupid to think that our technology level for energy storage will remain stagnant for the rest of eternity.

>>9624238
>Many ideologies and entire fields of study will be "ran over" by Genomics.
Genomics will be ran over by AI. It takes 18 years to raise 1 generation of genetically engineered people, whereas a recursively self-improving AI can modify it's code in 18 seconds.

>>9620471
Use it to advance AI Alignment Theory

>>9615463
>humanity really is fucked if we don't properly cultivate geniuses
Unless superintelligent AI is successfully built

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Ask me anything.

Do you believe in technological singularity?
Or will we reach a point where futher scientific discoveries won't be possible any more?