> den Otter wrote:
>
> > Better yet:
> >
> > In the first case, we should make sure that such entities are *us*.
>
> Yes, that would be nice. Especially if we could make sure that all of
> us (who wanted) could be an SI. It is less pleasant to
> imagine that just one or two persons in the world get to be in the
> first generation of SIs. Could we trust them?
Nope. :-) Better hurry up then, everybody!