From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Sep 25 2000 - 23:19:08 MDT
Samantha Atkins writes,
> We are not talking about any such civilized rate of change at all.
> There is nowhere left to go for increasing levels of workers (largely
> following the IQ Bell Curve). If you think it can't happen to me or to
> you then I don't think you are paying attention. Capitalism and waving
> the hands is not an answer.
What's this about "waving the hands"? I'm not worried about it happening to me,
because I've always considered my life as something that I did nothing to
deserve -- it was given to me without my even asking for it. So, I've really got
nothing to lose, and if I manage to partake of the TS, well... that's just more
undeserved beatitude.
> And the day after full nanotech or transhuman AI almost all of your
> money and your holdings are worthless.
Sounds good to me. Let it happen right now.
> I think you are missing the
> pressing need to have some idea of how to reform society and economics
> before we get to that day and even at various quite mundane points along
> the way. Please tell me if I am wrong and convince me if you can. I
> would very much like to believe the world is as simple as some seem wont
> to see it.
It's not for me to try to convince you of anything. This thread intends only to
discuss why an AI would want to be friendly. I remain of the opinion that an AI
would want to be friendly because it will be genetically programmed to do so.
The more I think about it, the more I meditate on it, the more I'd like the TS
to happen right now.
Onward! Faster! Faster!
--J. R.
Good night... pleasant dreams.
"Law reflects, but in no sense determines the moral worth of a
society.... The better the society, the less law there will be. In
Heaven, there will be no law, and the lion will lie down with the
lamb.... The worse the society, the more law there will be. In Hell,
there will be nothing but law, and due process will be meticulously
observed."
--Grant Gilmore, "The Age of Anxiety," Yale Law Journal (1975)
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