Re: PROTEST AGAINST 'FRANKENSCIENCE'

Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Tue, 09 Nov 1999 21:23:46 -0600

"J. R. Molloy" wrote:
>
> Come the Singularity, prevailing extropians will perhaps no longer need to
> contend with neo-Luddite alarmist reactionaries.

Actually, the very eve of Singularity, when superintelligent AI is no longer some never-k'never but an immediate prospect, is when I expect some of the largest social problems. Remember, we haven't won until the SI has nanotechnology.

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