Kabbalist Reacts to Elon Musk and Other Tech Leaders’ Call for a Pause on AI Development

I disagree that we should pause AI development. We will achieve nothing by doing so, and in general, progress will continue. On a deeper level, we receive the opportunity to create AI technology so that we start working on ourselves. The more we develop such technology, the more it will do the work that we previously did, and this will give us more time and room to work on ourselves. What does “working on ourselves” mean? It means changing our nature from egoistic to altruistic. Our inborn nature is an egoistic desire to enjoy for self-benefit alone, which makes us opposite to nature’s altruistic quality. Evolution gradually leads us to a state where we need to invert our nature and discover a new, harmonious, and peaceful life in nature’s giving quality. Technological progress, the simplification of human labor, and its transition over to machines take place so that we can eventually stop working on the machines, and start working on ourselves. The engine of what we see as
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