From: "Spike Jones" <spike66@attglobal.net>
> > >"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
> > > Excellent analysis, Spike. Let me point out, however, that people in
general,
> > > and even some on this email list, fear incorrect meme identification as
much
> > > as they fear meme-destroying weaponry...
> > >
> > Samantha Atkins wrote:
> > I fear those who believe they are so righteous and right-thinking that
they can
> > distinquish when such a machine is working properly and who plan
> > to apply it to sort human beings. - samantha
The real fear, IMO, is that such a machine could and would actually do its
job.
There is nothing "righteous" about a machine that accurately identifies
incorrect thinking.
In fact, it's incorrect thinking that prompts the use of such a derogatory
term.
But there will always be bin Ladens who want to destroy any system that proves
them wrong.
> ps I must commend the current participants in the observations
> and notes thread. We have waded several days into this difficult
> topic and have managed to do so without attacking each other.
> Well done! s
Thank you for your "righteous and right-thinking" commendation.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI,
non-sensory experience, SETI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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