From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Sat Aug 24 2002 - 06:09:41 MDT
On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Brian Atkins wrote:
> Yeah Damien, SIAI went over to the school board meeting the other night
> and angrily demanded they also insert a section regarding the Singularity
> into all the science textbooks. Eliezer holding forth upon the gathered
> mass was certainly a sight to behold! Cobb county is well known for its
> inclusive open-mindedness, and I was assured we will get at least a couple
> of pages. I certainly am proud to pay my property/car/sales tax when it goes
> to such good use.
Assuming this is not all tongue-in-cheek (it had me ROTFL), you
should have video taped it. It surely would have been an historic
documentary piece for future PBS specials on how extropians
battled against the ignorant masses to rip the curtain from
its rings and expose the wizard as he truely is.
On another vector, one could always ask what steps SIAI is
taking to ensure that the seed AI is not going to be unduly
influenced by its environment and end up being a good ole boy
rednecked AI? The thought almost (I'll stress "almost")
makes me think an amoral AI isn't such a bad thing.
Robert
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