From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 08:46:00 MST
KPJ <kpj@sics.se> writes:
> It appears as if Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> |
> |Hmmm... I wonder exactly who we are talking with on the net. OK, a
> |quick survey: how many of us are AIs, posthumans, jupiter brains,
> |fictional people, uplifted squids, dogs or internet protocols?
>
> And of those, how many would like to tell humans of their existence?
>
> Would they not, considering the human tendency to eliminate that which
> they do not understand, think it wise to avoid informing the humans of
> the competition? If they wish to survive, that seems a rather logical
> step.
On this list, being nonhuman is a ticket to stardom and a good way of
getting many supporters. Wouldn't we all want to know a SI or two?
> How about an ``All Sentients' Day'' instead?
Excellent idea!
> [Anders, ``Alla Persons Dag'' in Swedish !-]
As always, an optimal translation! :-)
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