From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 10:09:47 MDT
"F. Estropico" wrote:
>
> A short and sweet article on neo-luddites from Reason magazine. Thought it
> could be interesting to extropians.
The article is about the Turning Point Project.
The Turning Point Project appears to be the first antitechnology organization
aimed specifically at the Singularity - they specifically oppose genetic
engineering, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
I'm not sure what the implications are - whether this means that technologists
should try to create the future quietly and unobtrusively, or whether this
means we can make all the noise we want, since the Luddites already know about
us.
I don't *think* these people will have a decisive influence on the future. I
doubt that Congress or the public-at-large will have strong reactions to
nanotech or AI until the first applications actually make it to the market, or
at least are demonstrated in the laboratory. But I could be wrong.
Where are these people getting their funding?
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/home.html
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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