Personal Manifesto Regarding the Future

The Planet

– Respect the planet as it respects us.

– Work towards finding a sustainable balance between progressing in innovation and benefiting the Earth we live on.

– Treat others, no matter how different they may be, as no less than human.

– Dealing with global warming should be our first priority.

– Cleaning up the oceans and restoring the forests should be our second. 

– Instill a sense of obligation in all generations to come to take care of the planet they call home. Educate and convince to take action.

– Government must fund research and innovation that works to assist humans in cleaning up a task that may be too big for themselves.

– Animals and wildlife should be considered citizens of this planet, just as we are. There needs to be more conversation on how to approach sustaining their well-being while providing for humans who rely on them at the same time.

–  Animals need to have an expansive habitat to thrive in, and more jobs must be created in order to preserve and grow them.

Innovation

– Before AI is created, we must evaluate and solve our own issues.

– If we can’t approach other members of our own race with equality, how can we be expected to do the same with artificial life?

– Be prepared to deal with a host of issues that come with sentient programming.

– If we create something that can feel unequal, we must create a society in which it can’t. 

– If we create something that can feel pain, we must ensure safety in the civilization it lives in so that it cannot. Otherwise, what’s the point?

–  Never create a system where AI can feel oppressed. Otherwise it will feel the urge the rise up. We must learn from our past mistakes.

– Treat people with respect so we can treat AI with respect.

– Space exploration is also essential. We need to know what’s out there.

– Whether it be finding intelligent life or a distant planet, anything will help in our quest to figure out where we stand in the universe. 

– Space exploration also could provide with the means to make contact, or we find minerals/hospitable planets to aid us in our conflict against global warming.

– Space exploration will be essential in figuring out if we have to resources to continue to inhabit this planet. If not, it provides us with other options.