From: xgl (xli03@emory.edu)
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 08:47:35 MDT
On Wed, 30 May 2001, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> Compared to what? To the very possible destruction of the
> entire biosphere, ourselves included, if an SI or nanotech or X
> goes awry? The current situation, for all its suffering, leaves
> a lot more room for humans to evolve and grow than I am fully
> convinced some of the alternatives do.
>
a risk as large as this (effectively infinite) can potentially be
used to justify anything. i think it is now a question of the assessment
of probabilities. how probable do we see the worst scenario, given siai
timeline, and how much do we expect to reduce the probability if we were
to slow it down?
-x
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