>From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
>I think the material world is inherently neutral, which in some ways is
>almost as bad as active hostility. I think that a lot of the problem can
>be ameliorated by putting at least one layer of abstraction between
>yourself and physical reality.
Somebody archive that post. When SIAI has acheived its goals and Eli is
remembered as the father of our post-technological society, generations of
robots will remember his words and weep with gratitude.
-Zero
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)
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