From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sun Sep 23 2001 - 18:29:40 MDT
> comments by Stephen Hawking to the effect that the human race is in danger
of
> being "taken over" by machine intelligence should prompt responsible
> extropians to formulate more reasonable perspectives on this issue.
That's why I wrote The Myth of the Monstrous Machine
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Virtropy/message/2949
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment
We won't move into a better future until we debunk religiosity, the most
regressive force now operating in society.
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