> >From: GBurch1@aol.com
>
> >We do not want to be or be labeled as
> >uncritical cheerleaders of technology for its own sake, but rather as
> >proponents of a coherent and defensible set of values that improve the
> >quality of life.
I agree. We don't want to be labeled. Sadly, we will be labeled
uncritical cheerleaders regardless of absolutely anything we say or do
about it, so we should consider carefully whether we want to trade off our
emotional energy or memetic appeal in exchange for whatever small variance
in public image is due to our actual behavior...
Did I just say "we should consider carefully"? I meant to say "we don't
want to do that".
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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