I think that that is created by you is a part of you, so even if AI agents replace humans, it won't be "extinction", just existence in a new form.
But yes, more generally, I'm worried that people create something that will "lock" the world in a primitive, narrow-minded, uninterested structure devoid of potential of richness and diversity of forms and existence.
> In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods. However, the term can also refer to the methods themselves or to the philosophical discussion of associated background assumptions.
So I consider methodology philosophical in character. So I propose researching methodology from a unified philosophical foundation
> Philosophy is just thoughts and thoughts about thoughts.
I think these thoughts contain (in an ideal variant of philosophy which doesn't exist yet) enough "philosophical content" to directly help create AGI. Why do you think philosophy is so irrelevant here?
> Philosophers can get so wrapped up in thoughts they say nonsense
If someone says nonsense, that should not discredit the general ideas/foundation.
If someone demeans the importance of philosophy, it teaches you a lot about the person doing so.
In the western tradition, early philosophy and what we now call math where more or less the same. Look at the original meaning of the Greek word Logic/Logos for illustration.
The world as we know it can't exist without it.
I just don't believe it's possible to reason without consciousness. Combined with intelligence, memory, etc it leads to actual understanding rather than just imitation, which is where AI is today.
I just don't believe it's possible to reason without consciousness.
This is called an argument. It's what philosophers make.
Your attitude is a pretty typical one: "Philosophy is stupid, but this philosophical viewpoint that I have is special and somehow not bound to the things that apply to philosophy." It's a very common and predictable move from those that lack knowledge of the subject; the New Atheists and the philosophy of religion are a very prominent example.
