From: Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Date: Sun Jul 12 1998 - 03:41:24 MDT
>Actually, the consensus position of the radical singulatarian
>community (consisting of me and perhaps 'gene ;-) ) is that the
>motivations and actions of the SI are intrinsically unpredictable.
>There is no reason to predict that the SI will be inimical, benevolent
>or indifferent to humans. I'm personally hoping for benevolence, and
>I think the potential benefit is worth the risk.
>
This all assumes that SIs are separate from us. One way to avoid this is
to form a symbiosis with them. This brings up other interesting issues,
such as bandwidth, and whether the symbiotic system would feel that the
human component is worth keeping around.
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