Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Tue Sep 26 2000 - 21:04:09 MDT


Emlyn writes,

> Really, though, we can never be immortal, omnipotent, or omniscient. We can
> live a long time (1000s of years?), we can have much more power over the
> universe (moving stellar bodies around), we can know a lot of things (what's
> going on at the atomic level in a star on the other side of the galaxy). But
> we are fundamentally limited, and always will be.

That sounds like the best of all reasons why AI would want to be friendly. Such
pathetic creatures as us could not fail to endear ourselves to AI.

--J. R.

"Since you are obviously such a sh*tbrained, know-nothing scientoid brand of
f*cking moron why don't you take a red hot poker and stuff it up your incredibly
tightly scrunchy puckered little squeaking arsehole awhile to loosen it up a
little.
Just be careful not to poke your eye out in the process."
--Puzzle Solver
http://www.feedmag.com/feature/fr230_loopmaster.html



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