From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 10:37:49 MDT
Samantha Atkins writes,
> Or you could start with humans and continuously augment (voluntarily)
> with first external but more and more integrated and then internal
> hardware and software. This seems to me the best way to keep humans in
> the loop and to end up with something human compatible and reasonably
> likely to be friendly and caring about humanity.
Great idea! (and very friendly)
I think you've hit on the core concept of why AI would want to be friendly:
AIs are us.
--J. R.
robotic flies (Robofly):
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ronf/mfi.html
http://malaysia.cnet.com/computers/gadgets/robotdog/
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/11/03/0721233.shtml
See also:
Spy Fly
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi
f=/chronicle/archive/1999/11/02/MN51881.DTL&type=printable
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