Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 03:29:29 MDT

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> I'm not asking whether the ability to enhance efficacy makes a system
> intelligent, but rather whether such a trait is a necessary component of a
> very intelligent system.
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> --
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> ::jason.joel.thompson::

In that case, the answer is No.

The necessary components of a very intelligent system are first determined by
very intelligent systems.

The ultimate efficacy would have us all put out of our misery. Surely we can
find some way to torture ourselves a little longer.

--J. R.

"A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain."
  --Lazarus Long

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