From: Brian Atkins (brian@posthuman.com)
Date: Tue May 29 2001 - 17:24:56 MDT
Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> misses the point that it would most likely be a lot better for
> humankind or at least a lot less cataclysmic if the full
> Singularity, replete with SysOp did not happen in a decade or
> two. That might be wishful thinking, or less likely than the
> catastrophe that you believe is the nearly inevitable
> alternative. But the idea deserves a bit more consideration
Aren't we living in a catastrophe right now? 150k deaths per day.
Multiply that by the 10 years you wish for, and that is a lot of
death just to prevent the survivors from being freaked out by an
otherwise quick Singularity?
-- Brian Atkins Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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