From: hal@finney.org
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 13:07:30 MDT
Eugene Leitl, <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>, writes:
> If I was a benevolent superciv I would invade a conventional biosphere
> gently, by invading their infoprocessing systems with nano, thus
> cloaking my presence/activities. I would then upload them in situ,
> reclaim all available material resources while allowing them to ascend
> at their subjective native rate in an artificial reality sandbox. They
> wouldn't notice a thing out of the ordinary.
Wouldn't they see you coming, though? Or are you going to refrain
from Dyson Sphering stars until you've found out whether there are
any intelligent life forms in neighboring galaxies? That would be
awfully nice of you, quite a sacrifice just to make sure that primitive
civilizations don't get culture shock.
Hal
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