"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote,
> >Dear J.R. Molloy: I'm more talented and gifted than you are. Please
> >shoot yourself.
>
> That makes you sound neither talented nor gifted, but rather childish and
> self-absorbed.
Ah. I see that once again I have forgotten:
CLOSE CAPTIONED FOR THE HUMOR IMPAIRED:
"Dear J.R. Molloy: I'm more talented and gifted than you are."
"Please shoot yourself."
> You can't destroy information, you can only change it into other forms of
Oh, good. Can I have the Library of Alexandria back?
> information or disinformation. A "precaution" against destroying information
> seems simple indeed.
-- sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://pobox.com/~sentience/AI_design.temp.html http://pobox.com/~sentience/singul_arity.html Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you everything I think I know.