Yes, I need to think. Will machines in the future actually think? Probably. Will we mesh with them? Probably. Will we notice? Probably not. Will I think, now? Probably, but will I want to? Hopefully just a little more than not. It will help to think together.
:- Doug.
These are progress notes: perhaps not profound, but ways to extend thinking and open some new territory.
:- Doug.
Just as time stands still and passes unnoticed when traveling at light speed, so enhanced intelligence will not seem fast nor unusual to those using it.
:- Doug.
Computers are faster than human thinking because computers (so far) are thought machines—they travel paths already trod. Humans (some days) have to actually think, which is arduous (we don’t like it) and slow (are we there yet?). Herein a dilemma of humanity.
:- Doug.
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