Re: Why would AI want to be friendly? (Was: Congratulations to Eli, Brian ...)

From: Pvthur@aol.com
Date: Tue Sep 05 2000 - 09:14:29 MDT


In a message dated 9/5/00 1:08:22 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
zero_powers@hotmail.com writes:

<< Personally, while I’d be grateful to the ants for bringing me into
 existence, I doubt that I’d long be willing to enslave myself to them for
 the favor. >>

So you don't get along with your folks either? I personally don't discuss
anything much deeper than the weather with mine. But I don't consider time
spent with them slavery.

The road from human equivalence to Power is not instantaneous. Any initial
post-human AI will be an information-hound. We are full of information. It'll
upload us like so many glazed donuts. We will become it. It will be us.

John



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