From: Eliezer Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Nov 27 1996 - 17:39:37 MST
> I'm absolutely sure that the technology will continue with or without them.
> They can bullshit all they want but that isn't going to stop the technology
> just as the horrible examples the media calls virtual reality won't taint
> the image of good virtual reality when it debuts in a decent form for home use.
How would you like a UN ban on all nanotechnology, artificial
intelligence, and intelligence amplification research? It could happen
if we get careless with our memes.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/singularity.html
http://tezcat.com/~eliezer/algernon.html
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise specified, I'm not telling you
everything I know.
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