On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Brian Atkins wrote:
>
> There is infinitely more bang-for-your-buck by going that way, and that is
> the reason SIAI exists as a charity instead of some private corporation.
>
my reasoning is as follows. i too feel that accelerating the
singularity is theoretically max bang/buck. however, the fact is that the
public are not funding singularity research right now, mostly, we think,
due to ignorance/bad pr. so for the same reason that eliezer hopes that
ben becomes wealthy so that siai could get funds, i hope that through a
little circuitous infusion of capital we may be able to improve our image
such that funding becomes easy. but i must admit though, this is a leap of
faith.
-x
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