Re: PROTEST AGAINST 'FRANKENSCIENCE'

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 20:23:46 MST


"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> Come the Singularity, prevailing extropians will perhaps no longer need to
> contend with neo-Luddite alarmist reactionaries.

Actually, the very eve of Singularity, when superintelligent AI is no
longer some never-k'never but an immediate prospect, is when I expect
some of the largest social problems. Remember, we haven't won until the
SI has nanotechnology.

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