Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: Brent Allsop (allsop@fc.hp.com)
Date: Wed Sep 06 2000 - 11:30:45 MDT


"Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net> continued:

> > Why do you not consider the "SI" as part of civilization?
> > Things will happen at ever increasing rate as we approach the
> > singularity, but this will occur for all of civilization right?
> > Why/how would it occur to just one seed program all alone?

> Because the SI will be developing at its own accelerated exponential
> rates, while most of civilization will still be advancing at
> strictly biological, or at best augmented biological rates.

        What, is some God going to come down and say to us
"biologicals" 'though shalt not ever super augment our ability to
biologically improve, and eventually cross over, upload, or to do
whatever is required to keep up'? I certainly plan altering myself in
any way necessary to keep up. Don't you?

                Brent Allsop



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