threat or menace?

Anton Sherwood (dasher@netcom.com)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:44:38 -0700


"Hagbard" writes
: My reason for concluding that the pace of change is not a problem is
: that it will lead directly to a singularity (see Dan's or Eliezer's web
: pages for arguments concerning this). If you believe the singularity is
: a problem too, then you will probably be in favor of slowing the pace a
: bit. Now whether a singularity is problematic is difficult to predict.

It's an "insurmountable opportunity."

(Was that Bernard Woolley's phrase?)

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