From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2000 - 13:29:00 MST
Whoa up there, friend Eliezer.
I am speaking specifically of genetic enhancement, not uploading,
borgification, &c.
As long as the human race's eggs are literally in the DNA basket, I
think we ought to have some way of retaining the complexity that has
emerged in the sheaf of genome variations.
I was thinking of a way to fairly select across a broad base, including
people who might be disappointed if they didn't get to tweak their DNA.
I am not really big on the draft, in any form. But this particular idea,
which I will not defend further, is as a hedge against the human race's
virtual total genocide due to an unforeseen vulnerability. If enough
volunteers are found, all the better.
"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> "Michael M. Butler" wrote:
> >
> > Maybe we
> > should have a lottery for people who will be forced to not be enhanced.
>
> There is no game worth that candle.
>
> -- -- -- -- --
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
> Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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