From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 04:42:53 MDT
Brian Atkins wrote:
>
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
> >
> > misses the point that it would most likely be a lot better for
> > humankind or at least a lot less cataclysmic if the full
> > Singularity, replete with SysOp did not happen in a decade or
> > two. That might be wishful thinking, or less likely than the
> > catastrophe that you believe is the nearly inevitable
> > alternative. But the idea deserves a bit more consideration
>
> Aren't we living in a catastrophe right now? 150k deaths per day.
> Multiply that by the 10 years you wish for, and that is a lot of
> death just to prevent the survivors from being freaked out by an
> otherwise quick Singularity?
>
Compared to what? To the very possible destruction of the
entire biosphere, ourselves included, if an SI or nanotech or X
goes awry? The current situation, for all its suffering, leaves
a lot more room for humans to evolve and grow than I am fully
convinced some of the alternatives do.
I am not talking about simply "freaked out" here.
- samantha
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