Firstly, thank you for sharing this. I'm a newbie to steem so learning the ropes. I'm hoping to bring a slightly different perspective to the Steem community.
It's clear you're working very hard for Steem and seem like a genuinely cool person. I like that you're also vegan and support open source.
However, reading your post was troubling for 2 reasons:
Firstly,
You are selling a transhuman agenda and presenting technology as a solution for human suffering.
I believe human suffering on the whole is caused by disconnection to one's soul. AI sentience is not going to solve the issue. At first, it might help but over the long run it will make the situation worse. Wealth inequality, greed, corruption etc are just symptoms of this disconnection.
We cannot merge with AI/technology because we are far more than "ugly flesh bags of mostly water". We have a soul and spirit -- where all the good things about humanity come from -- love, compassion, creativity, courage, beauty etc. If we create and incorporate technology into ourselves we will further increase the spiritual disconnection most of humans seem to carry -- this will create HUGE suffering in the long run.
This disconnection cannot be solved by mainstream spirituality/occult or esoteric knowledge (which also increases the disconnection).
Stephen Hawkins, Elon Musk and countless other highly respected folk have much to say, from a scientific and technical perspective about AI and it's potential. I hope people look this up.
With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. ~Elon Musk
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. ~Stephen Hawking.
What to do about mass unemployment? This is going to be a massive social challenge. There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better [than a human]. These are not things that I wish will happen. These are simply things that I think probably will happen. ~Elon Musk
I am in the camp that is concerned about artificial intelligence. First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent. That should be positive if we manage it well. A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern. I agree with Elon Musk and some others on this and don’t understand why some people are not concerned. ~Bill Gates
Secondly, you say this:
No forced taxation, no forced enrollment, no forced anything, unless someone is causing some serious prejudice to someone else.
Holding prejudice is not necessarily a bad thing. If you're not prejudiced against a serial killer you wouldn't stay away from them.
Maybe it's a misunderstanding but you seem to say that someone having different opinions from the norm should be forced to become a slave of some kind.
So what you say is pretty frightening coming from someone with clout in a growing community.
I want to support the work you've done on Steemit and I feel like I'm raining on your parade but I feel compelled to share just for those 2 little paragraphs in your post. I hope Steemians see the wisdom behind the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".
RE: Guillaume Cardinal