From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 12:28:15 MDT
Eugene Leitl writes,
> If you want to fund a worthwhile project, which doesn't in the end
> turn round and bite clean your head off, why don't you fund uploading
> critters. A virtual nematode (or even a rodent) in a simulation
> sandbox is unlikely to come out and devastate the countryside.
I really really like that idea. As a stepping stone to more powerful AI, and as
a way station for testing natural selection in a digital environment, such a
project could also be used to breed *friendly* virtual critters. By that I mean
critters that actually *want* to be friendly. Good breeding makes good Darwin
machine intelligence.
--J. R.
"I know I've never completely freed myself of the suspicion that there are some
extremely odd things about this mailing list. I'm sure you'll agree that there's
some truth in what I say."
--Harold 9000
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