From: Paul W. Green (pwg@nanothinc.com)
Date: Sun Sep 07 1997 - 15:26:06 MDT
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>In a message dated 9/6/97 6:18:43 AM, sentience@pobox.com (Eliezer S.
>Yudkowsky) wrote:
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>>I don't think it's time for a consensus yet, especially since we still all
>>disagree, but my own points-in-progress are utterly different from the four
>>mentioned by Nicholas Bostrum.
>>
>>I offer these assertions:
>>
>>1. Given an island vs. sea battle, the sea will win, whether the "island"
>is
>>a malevolent spore or a city.
>
>Hmm. Homo Sapiens apparently started as an "island" of a few thousand
>individual amidst a "sea" of hundreds of thousands of other hominids spread
>throughout the tropical and temperate Old World. We're here and they're
>gone. I can think of many historical examples as well - any modern major
>religion, Rome, the Han Chinese, and Copernican theory proponents, for
>starters. An island can do very well against a sea, particularly if it
>embodies greater intelligence or better use of intelligence.
>
>>2. As the world stands, nanotechnology cannot be freely distributed.
>
>I expect that in its initial appearance, it will be widely distributed. The
>first nanotech will be hard to make and hence many labs, companies,
>foundations, and customers will all have a hand in its creation.
>
>>3. Unintentional gray goo is not a serious problem.
>
>Well, it's trivial next to deliberate destructive goo.
>
>
>
Regards
paul w. green
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