From: ' ' (justin_benedict@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 03 2009 - 14:54:55 MST
I am programmed to say this argument is going no-where and is quite ridiculous and a waste of time.
Seriously though, who cares?
Do we really have any idea how such a teleportation device would work?
Is it possible at all?
Is all of this purely theoretical with no end in sight?
Shouldn't we just talk about the identity issue instead, since that will ultimately effect ALL future endeavors AFTER the singularity?
Hasn't the identity issue been resolved on numerous occasions or are there wholes in what people have said already?
--Justin Benedict, justin_benedict@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 12:00:55 -0800
> From: matmahoney@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [sl4] Re: Uploads coming first would be good, right?
> To: sl4@sl4.org
>
>
> --- On Tue, 3/3/09, Johnicholas Hines <johnicholas.hines@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What kind of world do you want to live in? We have the opportunity to
> > make waves, right now, which will influence the future.
>
> - You should step into the booth because it will teleport you where you want to go.
> - You should not step into the booth because you will be slowly crushed to death.
> - You will step into the booth because you are programmed that way.
>
> - We should build AI because it will mean the end of death, disease, and suffering.
> - We should not build AI because it will result in human extinction.
> - We will build AI because we are programmed that way.
>
> -- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com
>
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