And on any non-Libertarian colony, or even a Libertarian colony where they weren't welcome - perhaps due to a conflict on Old Earth - they'd be there, but hidden. Working for a Singularity behind the scenes? Kept as slaves of a few dark conspiracies? Badly neurohacked geniuses working at their own insane purposes? All of the above? Only time will tell.
http://pobox.com/~sentience/alger_non.html
-- sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://pobox.com/~sentience/AI_design.temp.html http://pobox.com/~sentience/sing_analysis.html Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you everything I think I know.