1. It is amazing how these boosters always confuse metaphor with reality. Perhaps fundamentally, their use of the word "life."
2. It is also perplexing to me why they champion the (supposed, or inevitable) conquest of humans by machines that humans invent. To me, that's dystopian, yet they seem to long for it, and also expect utterly benign results, like a tendency and movement toward democracy. We are seeing once again in the real human world, in the sainted United States of America, how that is in no way preordained.
1. It is amazing how these boosters always confuse metaphor with reality. Perhaps fundamentally, their use of the word "life."
2. It is also perplexing to me why they champion the (supposed, or inevitable) conquest of humans by machines that humans invent. To me, that's dystopian, yet they seem to long for it, and also expect utterly benign results, like a tendency and movement toward democracy. We are seeing once again in the real human world, in the sainted United States of America, how that is in no way preordained.
Hi Heidi. Did you get my emails? I was in Massachusetts and was hoping to see you. Thanks for the interest in the article, too!