"Intelligent" Machine Future Would Be Devoid of Meaning

Transhumanists, you gotta love them. Or pity their withered view of the importance of humanity.

The UK's Astronomer Royal, Martin Rees, celebrates his belief that humanity's future will be carried on by intelligent machines. From "Cheer Up: The Post-Human Era Is Dawning":

The far future will bear traces of humanity, just as our own age retains influences of ancient civilisations. Humans and all they have thought might be a transient precursor to the deeper cogitations of another culture -- o...