From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 03:01:15 MDT
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Michael Wiik wrote:
> 1) AI has been a "colossal failure". "All the computers on the planet
> connected together would not equal a single human brain".
>
> 2) There are "less than 10" serious AI researchers on the planet.
You act as if you're surprised. I wonder why.
> If true, then we have no superhuman intelligence upcoming to guide us
> thru nano and biotech futures, and humanity is toast.
Oh woe is us! Etc. Come on, give me a break. Nano and bio is necessarily
apocalypsetech, so we need Big Daddy AI to protect us from our own
handiwork? Says who?
Imagine if such extremist/boolean views to become mainstream. *This* is
the future to be wary of, since causing despair, wrong kind of activity,
or both.
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