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		im3w1l on March 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft lays off one of its responsible AI teams Something I've been thinking recently: "Species" is one way to delineate the "supermachine". Another way would be civilization. If we choose that framing, then we could see the biological human species as just one of many possible substrates for our civilization.

frutiger on March 14, 2023 [–]

Yes and indeed organisms (and further down a level, cells) themselves are merely a substrate that allows genes to replicate.

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