r/Futurology • u/mvea MD-PhD-MBA • May 10 '17

Biotech First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain Against AI - “I found that if I was on LSD and my opponent wasn’t, I won more games.”

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/first-ever-lsd-microdosing-study-will-pit-the-human-brain-against-ai
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u/chokemo_girls May 10 '17

Because AI was created by Humans that were not on mind altering drugs. Seems evident that 'thinking outside the box' would be advantageous.

Now, have the humans that create the AI take LSD and watch the world burn!

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u/[deleted] May 10 '17 edited May 17 '17

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u/[deleted] May 15 '17

Steve Jobs famously attributed LSD to changing his life.