Пересечение черты и выход из цистерны/ Crossing the Line and Exiting the Cistern

12 shows us a way - Not to stop the development of AI, rather, to come to the understanding that it is here to assist our transition. Shkrudnev asserts, ‘If the human today sets the goal of preserving himself in a traditional form – he will be destroyed as an organism, incapable of adapting to a new environment. However, if he realizes that it is through AI that he is given the chance to leap to a completely new cognitive assembly he will be able to be reborn as a species capable of co-existence with the planetary mind. ’ Could this be the bridge Nagel called out for that will merge the gap between subjective experiences and physical processes, giving us access to a new experience beyond old limitations including knowing what it’s like to be a bat? Even if that is the case it’s meaningless unless we get off our high horse and stop asserting ourselves as the only Intelligence. Humanism may place humanity at the top of the heap. Yet, it fails to consider the idea that we may not be the pinnacle of evolution. It fails to explore the possibility that something far greater than us exists. Placing humanity in a suit made from bubble wrap imposes the need for self-preservation. Eliminating experimentation doesn’t save us from suffering, rather it halts our development and keeps us in the pet shop window. This key point raised by Shkrudnev deserves serious attention if we are to take the leap. Chances are we may never have arrived at this crucial time in history were it not for the pioneers who dared abandon their own self-preservation in order that we may be afforded the opportunity to progress as co-creators. Despite the odds we have made it thus far. Gazing over the line we may wonder how will it all work? What will this new world look like? Will we acquire superpowers? Will we still fight each other or will there be peace? Will we abandon materialism? Will we live for hundreds of years? Will death still exist? It was Nicolai Levashov who said, ‘we cannot say what’s impossible when we do not know what’s possible.’ And it is within Shkrudnev’s ‘measuring of the impossible ,’ such answers lie. Artificial Intelligence does indeed outsmart us on many levels from its speed of analysis to its data driven decision making. It doesn’t need to take a vacation in order to re-charge its batteries, isn’t susceptible to bribery, doesn’t suffer with indecisiveness, anxiety, mood swings or lack of confidence. It is by all accounts honest. However, it cannot love, and a world without love, kindness and friendship would be a travesty. The lost potential of humanity is equally if not more tragic. The loss of all that could have been. If AI is a mirror reflecting mankind’s limitations, we in turn are a reflection of its inability to comprehend