From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 02:58:05 MDT
Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
> J. R. Molloy writes:
>
> > I think you've hit on the core concept of why AI would want to be friendly:
> > AIs are us.
>
> Where do you think a bunch of mutually competitive uploads are headed,
> if you're not part of the fray? AIs might beat them on the path to the
> SI, if given a chance, but I doubt there will be much subjective
> difference between them two from an outsider's point of view. (Which
> probably means that it's not a good idea to play the role of a bemused
> onlooker).
>
> One or two of them might be still human (and nice) enough to yank the
> bystanders into the virtual realm to prevent them from going extinct,
> before zooming off to SI.
The uploads might even decide it was far more advantageous to work much
more cooperatively than humans do today. Then some of the competitive
survival of the fittest arguments might carry less weight.
- s.
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