When some humans claim that we need to send our species to colonize Mars and beyond to preserve (Life?) mankind, while at the same time that we should be overwhelmed with fear over General AI, I find that a self-contradictory worldview. Self-replicating, self-aware robots fit this work environment best, for sure. (Life's newest friends, possibly.)
And funny enough, I find that this view overlaps with those who want to live out their dreams, like The Martian, to jump into a rocket ship... Yet, human sperm and eggs can survive a long journey in cryostasis, needing far less resources (this is a bit of a guess since I have yet to do any study on this, but intuitively it fits)... So, I highly doubt any humans with names will board any of our first few ships off this place we call Home.
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When some humans claim that we need to send our species to colonize Mars and beyond to preserve (Life?) mankind, while at the same time that we should be overwhelmed with fear over General AI, I find that a self-contradictory worldview. Self-replicating, self-aware robots fit this work environment best, for sure. (Life's newest friends, possibly.)
And funny enough, I find that this view overlaps with those who want to live out their dreams, like The Martian, to jump into a rocket ship... Yet, human sperm and eggs can survive a long journey in cryostasis, needing far less resources (this is a bit of a guess since I have yet to do any study on this, but intuitively it fits)... So, I highly doubt any humans with names will board any of our first few ships off this place we call Home.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_space_colonization