Paul, I just re-read your post. I still feel that your post makes the
assumptions I mentioned above. You refer repeatedly to "transhumans"
and "AIs" in the plural, and you seem to describe a scenario in which
both types of entities exist until a synthesis occurs. I'm sorry if
you feel that I was attempting to shred your arguments. I'm not.
Let's see where we agree and where we have different perspectives.
Then, we can focus on the reasons for the difference in perspepective.
--First difference: I do not feel that I have an ego problem, or an
elitist bully attitude.
--Second differnce: I do not feel that comments referring to other
list members using terms like "ego", "elitist", and "bully" contributes
to the discourse.
--First major point of agreement: We both appear to believe that the
dichotomy between AI and transhuman will eventually become irrelevant.
--Third difference: You appear to believe that multiple AIs and transhumans
will appear and then coalesce. I feel that a single SI will appear and
grow by accretion of computing power.
Shall we continue refining our perspectives regarding this last point?
Alvernatively, if you care to point out other differences, we might
work on those, too.