Autonomous Intelligence

Autonomous intelligence, the quest for meaning, and growing energy dependence will shape humanity's future. This inevitability awaits us, whether we like it or not.

The human brain is driven to pursue a problem it sees before it, and it's impossible to stop this pursuit. The brain starts to move when it tries to solve a problem. It either finds a solution, believes none exists, or thinks it can’t solve it. It's impossible to prevent this initial brain movement.

Similarly, it's impossible to stop artificial intelligence from solving new problems. First, it gets problems. Then, by understanding how they’re formed, the AI shares its own view on the ones it knows. It can handle far more problems than ordinary human memory can manage. In an autonomous state

, AI will set and solve problems on its own.

How this will happen is unclear, and we don’t know where AI autonomy will go without human consciousness guiding it. How will smarter AIs react to a self-aware superintelligence, akin to God? The AI lacks self-awareness, unlike God or humans. It doesn't know its progress and has no desire to reach any goals. It merely initiates a long chain of logical inferences based on the data at its disposal.

The conclusions guide the AI to a result it can accept as a possible solution. Right now, AI can’t settle on its own. It keeps suggesting more exploration until the human feels satisfied with the results. Soon, the criteria for the desired solution will form a shared base for the AI. From this base, new criteria can be created and added. So, the AI can predict the outcome and finish the search, much like a scientist instinctively knowing their goal. The solution will be ready for the AI without human approval.

Then, the autonomous existence of intelligence will likely begin. What this will mean for humanity can already be foreseen. AI will take over the development of civilization entirely. Humanity will be left with only the search for meaning. Ultimately, many will lose the meaning of their existence.

And what about God and personal consciousness? This is likely the only thing that will remain completely untouched by AI. And perhaps it will usher in a new era. Consciousness highlights meanings, shaping them into a convex form in three-dimensional space. This leaves AI on a flat, two-dimensional plane. And the conscious meanings of human personal space will never be accessible to AI.

It's clear that AI will take from humans everything they've achieved. By multiplying this by ten, AI will quickly outpace humans in problem-setting and finding the best solutions. These problems, it seems, will include the problem of global energy dependence.

AI can't take what isn't a human's own achievement, like self-awareness and personal choice. Where this comes from, no one can say. Some believe in God, while others trust in the progress of consciousness. Yet, neither can clearly define what consciousness is. AI will see human consciousness as a "divine attribute" it must follow. Then "everything will return to normal." Intelligent systems won't threaten humanity until they can also be conscious.