Re: [sl4] Re: Uploads coming first would be good, right?

From: Matt Mahoney (matmahoney@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 19 2009 - 18:58:20 MST


--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Michael Anissimov <michaelanissimov@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, I thought this was the *SL4 *list... not the SL2 list. "Uploading"
> qualifies as SL3 in the original document. I take it that criticism of
> uploading is being accepted because everyone knows that Matt Mahoney is a
> smart guy with good ideas, but still, I'm pointing out that this is atypical
> and somewhat contradicts the spirit of the list.

I'm not opposed to uploading. I just think we should call it what it is, a program that imitates you well enough to fool everyone you know. It's not magic. In a future where everything you say or do is public knowledge, it won't even require brain scanning.

-- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com



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