From: M. E. Smith (mesmith@rocketmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 02 1999 - 14:00:15 MST
--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> "M. E. Smith" <mesmith@rocketmail.com> writes:
>
> > I don't find it hard to imagine an advanced SI
> > with a brain the size of a planet thinking,
> > analyzing, constructing and testing mental
> > models, expending the energies of whole stars,
> > for countless terateraflops, trying to understand
> > the universe, why it's here, and ultimately giving
> > up, realizing it'll never know, and at that moment
> > feeling a great awe.
>
> I don't find it hard to imagine the SI one day
> realizing "Aha! So that
> is how it all works..." and then feeling a bit of
> dissapointment (it
> was rather trivial when you think about it) which
> quickly turns into
> the determination of creating something better,
> something more
> interesting.
>
You misunderstand. My hypothetical SI was not trying
to figure out how the universe works, but WHY.
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