From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 06:12:17 MST
Spike Jones <spike66@attglobal.net> writes:
> etc. Nowthen, extropians should have similarly defined
> ists and isms. We should suggest technical terms for such
> extropian ideas as:
>
> Yudkowskism: belief that strong AI will precede
> nanotech.
>
> Drexlerism: belief that nanotech preceds AI.
>
> Spikism: belief that we should have a privately funded
> Mars colony before either nanotech or AI.
Sandbergism: belief that the singularity will be a "swell" involving a
large part of society rather than a "spike" involving just a few or
one agent.
Braduryism: belief that regardless of what kind of intelligence we get
in the end, it will dismantle the solar system.
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