Read Thousand Brain Intelligence Notes 10 The Risks of Human Intelligence

February** Dynamic Incentive Program

1.1."Doomsday Clock".

1.1.1.The fires caused by nuclear war are listed as the main cause of the destruction of the planet.

1.1.2.Climate change is listed as the second most potential cause of human self-destruction.

1.2.Unless we deliberately add selfish drives, motivations, or emotions, intelligent machines do not threaten the survival of human beings.

1.2.1.Humanity will create more threats in the near future.

1.3.Human intelligence is not benign.

1.3.1.It has long been recognized that human actions could lead to their own extinction.

1.4.Two fundamental systemic risks that are closely related to the human brain.

1.4.1.The first risk is closely related to the old brain in our brains.

1.4.1.1.30% of the parts of the human brain evolved earlier and created our primitive desires and behaviors.

1.4.1.2.The neocortex in the brain has invented technologies powerful enough to change the entire planet, yet the human behavior that controls these technologies is often dominated by the selfish and short-sighted old brain.

1.4.1.3.Human lineage goes back billions of years.

1.4.1.3.1.The ultimate, or only, measure of a species' success over such a large period of time is to pass on its genes.

1.4.1.5.The first nervous system in the brain is simple, it only controls reflex responses and bodily functions, and its design and function are entirely determined by genes.

1.4.1.6.Even if we have intelligence, the old brain is still functioning.

1.4.1.6.1.It still works according to the laws of survival on earth that have been formed over hundreds of millions of years.

1.4.1.6.2.The behavior guided by the old brain is a successful adaptation to the environment.

1.4.1.7.1.The short-sighted behavior of the old brain, when combined with the technology of the new brain to change the planet, has become an existential threat to humanity.

1.4.2.1.The neocortex can be deceived into forming false beliefs about the fundamentals of the world.

1.4.2.2.Based on these false beliefs, we will act contrary to our own long-term interests.

2.1.Life stems from a very simple idea: genes replicate themselves as much as possible.

2.2.What is good for genes is not always good for the individual.

2.2.1.Having the genes that allow an individual to have as many children as possible will have a greater probability of success, even if doing so results in death and suffering.

2.3.From a genetic point of view, it is best for animals to always try to live in new locations, even if these attempts often fail.

2.4.Nothing is known about genes.

2.4.1.Being a gene doesn't make them happy, and it doesn't hurt when they can't replicate.

2.4.2.They are just complex molecules that can be replicated.

2.5.The neocortex of the brain gets a more complete picture.

2.5.1.It was only then that mankind foresaw that if the population of the earth continued to grow uncontrollably, humanity would inevitably suffer and suffer.

2.5.2.The neocortex of the brain may know that eating cake is bad for us, and it can lead to obesity, disease, and even early death.

2.5.3.The old brain is in control, and the old brain evolved from a time when calories were hard to get.

2.5.4.In a battle between the old brain and the neocortex, the old brain usually wins.

2.5.4.1.We'll eat the cake.

2.6.There is a simple consensus that the planet is unlikely to experience some kind of human-caused degradation and system collapse if the total number of people on the planet were smaller.

2.7.Populations cannot grow forever, and many ecologists believe that existing populations are already unsustainable.

2.7.1.One is the total number of people living on Earth, and the other is how much pollution each individual human causes.

2.8.Even if 2 billion people are not sustainable for the planet, humanity has enough time to adjust its behavior and find a way to be sustainable.

2.9.Humanity recognized the threat of population growth at least 50 years ago, and in that time, the number of people has almost tripled.

2.9.1.The root of this growth is the old brain structure and the genes they serve.

2.10.Human ingenuity has worked miracles: we have reduced hunger and famine in an era when the number of people almost tripled 50 years ago.

2.10.1.It's also unsustainable.

2.10.2.Either population growth stops, or at some point in the future, there will be a great human catastrophe on Earth.

3.1.In the battle between the old brain and the new cortex, the old brain always wins.

3.1.1.The invention of birth control technology shows how the neocortex uses its intelligence to its advantage.

3.1.2.Instead of fighting the old brain, the neocortex is both allowing the old brain to get what it wants and preventing the bad outcomes from happening.

3.2.The desire for sex is a behavior that has evolved to satisfy genetic interests.

3.2.1.Even if we don't want more children, it's hard to stop having sex.

3.2.2.Let the old brain satisfy the craving for sex without creating more children.

3.2.3.The old brain has no intelligence, it doesn't understand what it's doing or why.

3.2.4.The neocortex has its own model of the world and can see the disadvantages of having too many children, as well as the benefits of delaying starting a family.

3.3.The simple and ingenious solution is to ensure that every woman has the ability to take charge of her own fertility and that she has the ability to make the choice of whether or not to have children.

3.3.1.Judging by almost all objective criteria, women's empowerment leads to a more sustainable world and less human suffering.

3.3.2.From an outside perspective, preventing women from gaining equal rights seems counterproductive.

3.3.2.1.We can blame this predicament on the stubborn, viral false beliefs of the old brain.

3.4.The neocortex allows us to be a "tech species".

4.1.The neocortex, despite its amazing abilities, can also be fooled.

4.2.Three essential elements.

4.2.1.It is not possible to experience it directly.

4.2.1.1.False beliefs are almost always related to things that we cannot experience directly.

4.2.1.2.If we can't directly observe something, such as not being able to hear, touch, or see, then we have to rely on what others tell us.

4.2.1.3.Who tells us this determines what we believe.

4.2.2.Ignoring evidence to the contrary.

4.2.2.1.In order to maintain a false belief, you must discard evidence that contradicts it.

4.2.2.2.Most false beliefs prescribe actions and justifications for ignoring evidence to the contrary.

4.2.3.Viral.

4.2.3.1.Viral false beliefs prescribe behaviors that encourage the spread of that belief to others.

4.3.Example False Belief: There is an afterlife.

4.3.1.It is not possible to experience it directly.

4.3.1.1.No one can directly observe the afterlife.

4.3.1.2.It is inherently unobservable.

4.3.2.Ignoring evidence to the contrary.

4.3.2.1.Unlike other false beliefs, there is no scientific study that shows that the afterlife is not true.

4.3.2.2.The argument against the existence of the afterlife is mainly based on a lack of evidence, which makes it easier for believers to ignore the claim that the afterlife does not exist.

4.3.3.Viral.

4.3.3.1.The belief in the afterlife is viral.

4.3.4.Faith in the afterlife is not necessarily a bad thing in itself.

4.3.5.If you believe that the afterlife is more important than the present life, that belief is threatening.

5.1.First, the old brain is still controlling human behavior, preventing it from making choices that benefit long-term survival, such as reducing the population or eliminating nuclear weapons.

5.2.Second, the global technologies we have created can easily be undermined or misused by people with false beliefs, such as the activation of nuclear weapons.

5.3.Human ingenuity has brought success to our species, and may have planted the seeds for the extinction of humanity.

5.4.Our brain is made up of the old brain and the neocortex, and this structure is the source of the problem.

5.5.Somewhere along the evolutionary path, the neocortex has given humans access to language, intelligence, and dexterous hands.

5.6.Language makes the sharing of knowledge possible.

5.6.1.It also sows the seeds of false beliefs.

6.1.Death is strange, our old brains are programmed to be afraid of death, while our bodies are programmed to eventually die.

6.2.Biological evolution is not related to the survival of the species, but to the survival of the genetic individual.

6.2.1.From a genetic point of view, we need to live long enough to have offspring in order to replicate genes.

6.3.Genes are only concerned with whether they can replicate or not.

6.3.1.Genes don't care about the survival of an individual.

6.3.2.Genes don't care about the survival of human society.

6.3.3.Most genes don't even care if the human species goes extinct.

6.3.4.Genes are often found in multiple species.

6.4.Why are we scheduled to die?

6.4.1.To make room for other combinations, but to wait until we have children before we die.

6.5.The nascent intelligence of humanity has brought about an outcome that is not quite in the best interests of the genes.

6.5.1.For the first time in the history of life on Earth, human beings understood the laws of the operation of all things in the world.

6.6.As intelligent individuals, we want to achieve eternal life, and the human community has always existed.

6.6.1.We want to be free from the grip of the evolutionary forces of humanity.

7.1.Upload the human brain to a computer.

7.2.Fusion of the human brain with the computer.

8.1.It is necessary to record all the details of the brain and then simulate the brain on a computer with the help of these details.

8.2.Separate the spiritually intelligent "you" from your physical body.

8.3.You can attain eternal life, including in a computer far away from the objective environment of the earth.

8.3.1.Even if the earth becomes uninhabitable, you will live forever.

8.4.is a method of escape.

8.4.1.This allows us to avoid the chaotic state of living things and live forever in the form of a computer-simulated self.

8.4.2.Uploading your brain allows you to live forever.

8.5.The basic implementation of this approach is that we make a map of each neuron and synapse, and then reconstruct all the structures in the software.

8.5.1."You" will be alive, but "you" will be in a computer brain and not in the biological brain of your former being.

8.6.It's impossible for us to eliminate some parts of the brain or body without severely damaging something.

8.7.If we upload the neocortex, then it will have a representation of every part of your body.

8.7.1.The amount of data required to characterize a brain alone is far beyond the capacity of existing computer systems.

8.8.Your biological brain is designed to use the specific muscle tissue of your lungs and throat to produce sounds, and learn to see things using the arrangement of specific photoreceptors on your eyes.

8.8.1.The uploaded brain doesn't need a body or eyes, the simulation is sufficient.

8.9.As a living being, you may lose your chance at eternal life every day due to accidental death.

8.10.You in biology and you in a computer may have different moral and political positions.

8.10.1.The biological you may regret creating the computer you, and the latter may not like the idea that some old biological person claims to be himself.

8.11.Uploading your brain" is misleading, you are actually dividing yourself into two people.

8.11.1.They may have the same brains and memories at first, but they immediately become different people and live different lives from then on.

8.12.These scenes are like giving birth.

8.12.1.The biggest difference, of course, is that when your child is born, you don't upload your brain to theirs.

8.12.2.Obtaining your replica by uploading your brain to a computer will not achieve eternity more than having a child.

8.13.Copying yourself is just a fork in the road, not an extension of the road.

8.13.1.There will be two consciousnesses after the fork in the road, not one.

8.13.2.Once you realize this, the appeal of uploading your brain will subside.

9.1.Neurons in the brain need to be connected to each other with silicon-based chips in computers.

9.2.Fuse your brain with the machine, and you can have superhuman power.

9.3.The electrodes are placed in your brain and then connected to a computer.

9.3.1.Now your brain can receive information directly from the computer, and the computer can receive information directly from your brain.

9.4.Enormous technical challenges had to be overcome.

9.4.1.Now we have a way to precisely control millions of neurons without surgery or implantation.

9.5.The "brain-computer fusion" scheme may achieve a limited goal, but it will not achieve the complete integration of the brain and the computer.

9.5.1.Brain-computer fusion still preserves the brain and body of living beings, while they weaken and die.