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<p>Glad to see someone else has tapped into this work.<br>
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<p>I discovered Wells' Murderbot series a year ago or so and what a
timely find! <br>
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<p>I do love the way she presents the advanced "self aiming gun
turret"'s form of self (and other) awareness.</p>
<p>- SAS<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Seems
there are good reasons to replace humans.<br>
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1) Humans can’t easily travel to new planets due
to radiation and hostile environments.<br>
2) Our appetite for energy is vast and our
decadence unbounded. A rising standard of living
for all humans will accelerate this due to
increased demands for fossil fuels.<br>
3) At least in the United States, our education
system is not serving the whole of the population
effectively, leading to the election of people
that make our problems worse.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">4)
We can’t cooperate to solve or even identify real
problems.<br>
5) AI seems to be successfully harvesting human
knowledge and extending it, e.g. AlphaFold.</span></p>
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