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IamDonya OP t1_j5lkm7k wrote

Reply to comment by Tencreed in Can humanity find purpose in a world where AI is more capable than humans? by IamDonya

Thanks for commenting.

If you were given the option to be hooked up IV to a drug that would give you the sensation of intense pleasure, x10 stronger than you'd ever experienced, and the effect was guaranteed to never wane. You'd be laying in bed like a vegetable, doing nothing, but experiencing this incredible pleasure. Nurses and staff would keep you alive until your body aged and died 100 years from today. Would you do it, and would you say that it was a great life?

If a life of pleasure is all you need, the above is pretty much as good a life could be, right?

Thinking through the thought experiment above is what made me conclude that I want more out of life than pleasure. But it would be interesting to hear if others see it differently, and perhaps feel that this would be a great life.

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Tencreed t1_j5lx365 wrote

Just having the "pleasure" button artificialy pushed would feel empty. But having a great time, and sharing it with new people, in new locations, discovering new stuff, in a wrold with enough tech to imagine new experiences, travels, forms of arts, or type of sentient entities we can't even think of today could probably keep me entertained at least a few centuries.

But if we ever get to witness the singularity, our best bet is to stay mentally flexible, and ready to reassess any of our belief. Because that would be one hell of a ride to destination unknown.

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