Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: Emlyn (emlyn@one.net.au)
Date: Sat Sep 30 2000 - 09:44:07 MDT


> The truly dangerous part is that religious fanatics may blow up the world
before
> sane people get a chance to evolve AI. Almost as scary as fascist fear
mongers
> who want to outlaw AI research are the wacko fundamentalists of the Middle
East
> who actually believe some "messiah" is going to intervene in human events.
You
> may not want to eliminate homicidal fundies, but you can bet they'd have
no
> compunction about eliminating you. As I see it, AI will want to be
friendly to
> sane humans, and death to homicidal fundies.

Bang your fist in the air, and shout it out loud! All these bad people who
want god to come kill all the bad people, we'd better make god to come kill
them.

>
> --J. R.
>
>
> See ya -- gotta go meditate for a few days.

Good idea; you might want to wipe the spittle off your chin before you go
see those tranquil folks, however. Breath 1, 2, 3, that's it, nice and calm,
unclench your jaw, good, good.

Emlyn



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