From: hal@finney.org
Date: Wed Dec 06 2000 - 15:45:59 MST
Ed Merta has written a tense, frightening fictional scenario of a
destructive runaway AI singularity. I found it gripping and exciting
although the outcome is pessimistic. It is available from his web site
at http://www.nmia.com/~emerta/fictscen.html or from sci.nanotech at
http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=700480065.
Excerpt:
*******FLASH*********U.S. FORCES STRIKE SOUTH AFRICA
Praetoria (Internet News Service) - 03:14 EST, November 17, 2039
U.S. sea and space forces have conducted a major bombardment of
scientific and industrial forces on the outskirts of Praetoria,
according to observers on the scene. Explosions and fires reportedly
stretch from one side of the horizon to the other. Hundreds of
human and robot workers were believed killed in the attack.
Hal
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