Singularity is a bad idea

The third round commences, and I return fire in counterattack.. 1; Biology isn't my shield, logic is my fortress, and it is defended in all directions. Why would you be able to live forever and not your relatives? You could be a great-great grandfather in your lifetime. No, you wouldn't forget relatives, as your implanted nanocomputers would enhance your memory systems. Oh, and family can be a lot of things to different people. Sure family is a sense of belonging to some, but eternal life doesn't prevent that. Rather, an Immortal could decide their own death, be satisfied with the legacy they have left and have death on their own terms. Many consider life too short, and just because the human naturally dies of old age around 80 years old doesn't mean we have to accept that. Humans naturally died of smallpox before innoculation. 2; My Mass Effect point was about Virtual Intelligence. Yes I've seen iRobot. My point is that true AI, or decision theory Ai, is impossible. We have never come close to building an independent thinking machine because to do so would be to fully understand the brain. If you are worried about robot uprisings, have you heard of Asimov's Laws of Robotics? The science fiction writer Issac Asimov devised 3 rules which ensured robots could never take control. 1; A robot must never harm a human being, or by inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2; A robot must obey a human, unless the command defies the first law of robotics. 3; A robot must ensure its own survival, unless it would defy the first and second laws of robotics. These three laws can be fitted by a detailed description of harm preventing bubble wrapping, keeping machines in control. 3; We are working on different definitions of Utopia. I was working on; A utopia is a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. Regulations will be more and more difficult to install, especially thanks to the internet which allows communications between people across the world and freedom of speech. 4; Computer viruses are constantly being upgraded, as are the defenses against them. Since virus outbreaks aren't of the same severity they used to be, even with more and more people using them, I doubt cyber crime could be a possiblilty. Besides, it takes a genius to devise a working virus capable of infiltrating a decent firewall. 5; The internet is a much greater force than just Facebook. You seem to see the world under one flag, an impossibilty even in a future society. No government will be able to rule the entire world, and will not be able to instill a single man as ruler either. Every country is on the world stage, and dictators aren't appreciated. 6; Patency only lasts so long. The formulae for unlimited energy and resources will be eventually shared out , or just leaked out. Then, the vast supply of the resource will result in a loss in value of the good, making it affordable for all. Only a monopoly could instill the exploitation you fear, and governments keep a close eye on those. 7; Decision theory is an impossibility. We know more about distant stars than about why we sleep, that's how complex the brain is. We may someday know its inner workings, but to replicate the most complex organ in the body would be more amazing than any development in the world. Virtual Intelligence, the closest thing we have, such as Siri or Cleverbot, simply has a list of answers based on input. It cannot think in the same way a human will, and to put human qualities on it such as ambition would be ridiculous. The hammer may fall, but the dagger strikes twice and safely out before a single blow is landed. See you next round my friend. Duncan.