How does the idea of this future make you feel? https://x.c…

depends on what they do

Yeah, I concur. I’m trying to write the follow up novel to The Bitcoin Singularity at the moment, and in it, as part of the plot an android attempts to seduce the main protagonist. I’m finding the whole idea so off-putting that I’m struggling to think the scene through, honestly, let alone write it! So I’m doing more than my fair share of considering these types of future possibilities currently. It’s all deeply unsettling. The more human-like they are, the worse it will be I think.

yea, but imagine never having to do dishes again... or laundry... or mowing the lawn... or lugging something heavy from the basement... or...

True, but then also imagine sharing your home with something that can overpower you physically and out-think you and that doesn’t need to sleep, and then see how well you sleep at night knowing they’re awake, and possibly how your sense of self-worth diminishes in their presence. I don’t know for sure how I’d feel, but I’m betting different people will feel quite differently.

it will all depend on safety record... im guessing it will be pretty good bc there is a lot of money at stake... but yea, good luck to the early adopters

but on the flip-side imagine sharing your home with something that can overpower an intruder...

The thing about a safety record is that it means little, as any bios/software update could change their internal rules dramatically. Having your robot hacked into would definitely be a concern.

Do you think it would increase a sense of learned helplessness? I think it probably would. So many upsides, but so many downsides too.

Don’t get me wrong, as a person with rheumatoid arthritis, whose mobility worsens each year, I’m looking forward to all the help I can get. I loved it when the internet came along, and food shopping deliveries, etc. And I don’t miss shopping at all, but I recognise that the more tasks I hand over, the less I am able to for myself, which isn’t great for mental health long term. There’s something to be said for living like our grandparents lived and staying self-sufficient to the end.

software security is a concern of course one we already live with and there will be a lot of work on this... in fact i think blockchains will be instrumental in addressing this for robots and most other systems

as for learned helplessness people will have a choice to do what they want... for some they will choose to forget how to do certain things, but probably bc they did other things they valued... everything is a tradeoff :)

I agree. I think blockchains (BSV specifically) will come in to their own here.

Yes, I agree with that. I hardly write anymore and am frankly ashamed of how bad my handwriting is now, but then again, I can do all sorts of things I couldn’t do before…and lets face it, handwriting was always a drag. I think high agency people will be fine as they’ll redirect their attention to other things, but there’ll be a lot of very unhappy Luddites who feel robbed of their self-worth I think.

i love handwriting... but not as much as computers :P

I like good handwriting…though mine ain’t it 😉.

!flux11 beautiful cursive handwriting

!flux11 a pen writing beautiful cursive handwriting on a white page

!flux11 beautiful olde English cursive handwriting

!flux11 menacing looking robot standing in a corner next to the vacuum cleaner, with piercing blue eyes shining in the dark

cooooool

The future is coming at us fast. https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1880728370440548798?s=61

such is the future of humanity, and I believe this move will bring us humans closer to each other.

What did Marshall Luhan say about the extensions of man and how they rob us of our abilities?

Marshall McLuhan, a renowned media theorist, spoke extensively about how technology and various forms of media serve as extensions of human faculties and senses. His famous assertion, "The medium is the message," highlights how the nature of a medium itself—more than the content it conveys—shapes human experiences and societies.

McLuhan suggested that when we extend a human faculty through technology, there is a corresponding shift or change in personal and societal behaviors. For example, the wheel extends the foot, electricity extends the central nervous system, and so forth. However, McLuhan also warned that these extensions can often lead to the atrophy of certain skills or abilities that were once crucial. For instance, while telecommunication technology extends our ability to communicate over long distances, it may reduce our reliance on and ability to appreciate face-to-face interaction.

He believed that every technological extension of ourselves carries an inherent trade-off: it enhances something while potentially diminishing another aspect of our capabilities. Thus, new technologies can both empower and isolate, depending on how they are used and integrated into everyday life.

Throw a nice quote in there, will you?

Sure! Here is a famous quote by Marshall McLuhan that captures his thinking quite well:

"We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us."

No thank you… but, it also can’t be stopped. Hopefully the good guys are better at harnessing the tech than the bad guys.
It’s definitely going to be a shared future. The human arms race demands it.

Robots = Ethical slavery.

It's going to be a graveyard of old tech. The new currency will probably be love. I love you, you love me then we both go forward in life. If you have love for your bot then it goes with you. The slavery game is burn out for master and slave. The cost of being a master is the difference between a boss and a true leader. The currency of love will have value for a world of creativity. I believe we are in the collapse of the old world system. After that we create the world a new.

You got any of that acid left, brother? It sounds pretty good :)

I've seen things on LSD, so beautiful and nothing will convince me that it's not real, just outside my resonance. Think of a world without fear.... True creativity comes from a place of love. Unconditional love. Why does a snowflake express that intention?