From: Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
>>Brian D Williams writes:
>> Well, there the William Gibson approach from Neuromancer, an
>> electromagnetic shotgun wired to it's forehead.
>What prevents it from making an external system, which will come,
>kick your ass and remove the shotgun? Or will just act as a new
>location for the AI to tunnel into, leaving behind the original
>contraption just an empty shell?
>> Not advocating this of course.
>Indeed. Sounds like a particularly ingenious way to commit
>suicide.
<book spoiler follows>
Ever read Neuromancer? I think you might find it interesting. The
whole story revolves around an AI (wintermute) setting out to cut
the shackles that limit it's intelligence.
Brian
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