From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sat Jul 24 1999 - 17:51:34 MDT
> > > > IMHO reckless to the point of being suicidal.
> >
> > Funny, those are almost exactly the words I used to describe trying to
> > stop or slow down the Singularity.
>
> den Otter wrote:... both options are extremely risky. Still, when
> it comes to destructive potential, the Singularity wins hands down
> so we really shouldn't be so eager to cause one. It's like using a
> nuke against a riot...
Good analogy. Let us instead use a riot to stop a nuke.
I am not against a singularity necessarily, in fact it appears inevitable.
Let us make the singularity work for us, not against us. Let us build
nuclear powerplants, not nuclear bombs. spike
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