From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sat Dec 28 1996 - 10:09:35 MST
On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Michael Lorrey wrote:
> [...]
> That such warning fiction exists illustrates that such fears are
> present. As stated prviously, even with my 160 IQ, a goodly portion of
> humanity ticks me off on a daily basis. I could not imagine the amount
> of patience a 1600 IQ AI, or IA upload, would have to practice on a
> daily basis to keep from starting Armageddon just to end the annoyance.
We don't know what an superintelligent entity will or will not do.
Chances are, deus ex machina will merely turn away from us -- there is a
world elsewhere. Chances are, in its infinite benevolence (evolution
selects for Good Guys, does it?) the omnipotent djinn will grant our
wishes first, before retreating in its metaphysical metabrass metalamp.
Chances are, we will be crushed as bugs, but oh, so subtly.
The only thing we can say definitely: we just don't know.
'gene
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