Re: No AI for Nano/No Nano for copyloads

From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 09:26:22 MDT


In a message dated 7/21/00 6:21:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rhanson@gmu.edu
writes:

<< As you may have noticed, the term "singularity" is used many different
ways.
 But it seems you think that there is more than a 90% chance that the first
 uploads would kill you. Is that because you are special, or do you think
>90%
 of everyone would be killed? Do you expect that because that is what you
 would
 do if you succeeded in being one of the first?! Think carefully; I may
 have to
 start the "Anyone but Emlyn" faction. :-) >>
I wonder if Emlyn has been exposed to the MicroSoft Effect, which invariantly
involves vanilla, software, that somehow never works quite right, but later
versions do much better?



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