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theadvancedapes  ·  4063 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biological Intelligence is a Fleeting Phase in the Evolution of the Universe

The title of the post is meant to be provocative. It certainly doesn't specifically discuss the idea in great depths.

However, the discussions that are beginning in the early 21st century represent a realization that biological humans will never go to space. When I say go to space - I mean outside of our solar system. That is why I posted it. Our desire to explore space will be one of the many pressures that cause us to gradually replace our biological systems with non-biological systems. This process will begin with us becoming cyborgs and end with us leaving our biological systems behind all together.

mk said it best:

    I highly doubt that cyborgs will win over completely non-biological AI. There's nothing biological that is advantageous for space exploration.