From: Samael (Samael@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Jan 07 1999 - 08:25:39 MST
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From: mark@unicorn.com <mark@unicorn.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: 07 January 1999 15:22
Subject: Re: Major Technologies
>Bryan Moss [bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com] wrote:
>>Several months ago I tried to explain my views on Artificial Intelligence
>>without much success, but I shall persist: We all agree that alien
>>intelligence would be very different to human intelligence,
>
>I don't. If there are any sentient aliens of a similar technological level
>to us, I think there's probably enough commonality of experience that there
>would be less difference between the average human and average alien than
>between the average human and the average resident of a mental hospital.
>
>I may be wrong, but we don't all agree on this.
I agree with you. Out intelligence would almost certianly be similar, our
emotions, on the other hand, may well be very, very different.
Samael
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