Re: Simplify! A modest proposal...

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Sun Sep 03 2000 - 16:25:38 MDT


At 02:48 PM 9/3/00 -0400, Eli wrote:

>Natasha Vita-More wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure of the focus, though. Is the Singularity Institute's
>> direction attempting to produce research about the oncoming Singularity and
>> develop ways to deal with the massive growth of machine intelligence, or
>> exercise a belief system?
>
>Neither. We're here to build the superintelligence.

Good.

>The alleged object of reasonable debate and rational analysis is to choose a
>course of action, not to impress the world with how uncertain you're
>pretending to be.

Right on.

>We have refined our analysis to the point where this course
>of action is known to be significantly more promising than any other
course of
>action available. And time is valuable.

Brian Atkins responds:

>I would just add that John Smart and his singularitywatch.com site are
working on the "other stuff" related to this topic ...<

Natasha



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