From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 13:09:16 MST
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 11:34:03AM -0500, Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
>
> You might also consider allowing extreme transparency in your efforts. Since
> you are not trying to achieve commercial or patentable advances, you will
> not be bound by confidentiality. With clickstream transparency and all of
> your (and your collaborator's) coding and testing available in real time on
> the net, you could attract volunteer help, and maintain sustained interest.
> Don't underestimate the power of distributed, volunteer-driven development.
> It won't get you there alone but could take care of many minor issues. Start
> a blog, publish every scrap of code you put out, and weekly summaries for
> the technologically challenged.
There is another angle to this. If Eliezer manages to convince more
people that his seed AI idea is workable and might lead to a
singularity, there are many who would be worried by such a prospect.
Experience from genetics and other fields show that people tend to
accept tech that is being developed in transparent a way. Transparency
from an early stage onward might actually be a good way of demonstrating
to people that nothing sinister is being done (the people who consider
the whole project sinister would never be convinced, but it is the
middle ground as Greg pointed out that really matters). Building a sense
of trust and integrity around the project is important.
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