From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2001 - 02:56:11 MDT
"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> Ray Kurzweil:
> > I don't agree with Hawking that "strong
> > AI" is a fate to be avoided. I do believe that we have the ability to shape
> > this destiny to reflect our human values, if only we could achieve a
> > consensus on what those are.
>
> I do believe that to the extent we shape strong AI to reflect a consensus of
> human values, we thereby make it weak AI.
>
I would be quite happy if it was weak-er AI if it improves our
chances of surviving long enough to thrive.
- samantha
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