From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 05:15:39 MDT
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> So, a question for extropians -- would you be willing to risk your life
> (by embracing untested technologies) to uplift yourself if you felt
> humanity itself were at risk?
I would, and I would ask, say, Michael Raimondi or Mitchell Porter to choose
to uplift if they were offered the opportunity, but that would be more along
the lines of a nonselfish act - sacrificing your personal identity because
humanity needs transhumans on the scene NOW. If you are not willing to
sacrifice your life I would advise you to let someone else go first.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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