The well-known American theoretical physicist Brian Green, one of the leading experts in the field of string theory, believes that the biological life form on Earth can only be a springboard for artificial intelligence, and if the AI ??replaces it, it's okay. According to Green, in the future, artificial intelligence - the same tool for scientific calculations, as was once a pencil and paper - can displace people from participating in scientific research. "I can imagine that one day it will happen, and I'm not sure that it is necessarily bad," he says.. It will only mean that our role, the role of the biological brain, will shift to what it is better suited for, and the new intellectual systems, if they develop sufficient accuracy and creativity, will leave to him what it is stronger in. There should be no competition between different instruments, they will all move forward progress. But what if in the end all important things can be better performed by some computer, Green asks. This may be a new phase of evolution, he said.. Perhaps - and people are scared off - the biological version of intelligent life on this planet is just a springboard. "And if this springboard leads to the fact that in the distant future the biological form of life will cease to be dominant on the Earth, so be it," - says Green. "Is consciousness a process of computation or is it something more? Is it possible to create consciousness in a computer environment, in a computer? No one knows the answer to these questions..

There are reasons to believe that this is possible, there are reasons to believe that there is not, and it is very difficult to understand even how to measure the result. I think this is an amazing area for research, "Green says in an interview with the British branch of Wired. "If we succeed in the development of something in the framework of computer technologies that will turn out to be consciousness by any criteria, this will be a breakthrough moment, for some - frightening, for others - inspirational".

Original article: Biological life form can only be a springboard for AI - scientist.