Re: Stopping the Singularity

Robin Hanson (hanson@hss.caltech.edu)
Tue, 8 Oct 96 11:25:52 PDT

Anders Sandberg writes:
>I don't know. When we discussed this, one participant said it was the in
>his opinion most realistic scenario, while the present economist said he
>found it less likely than the other scenarios.

I'm tempted to agree with this economist, but I haven't heard the
other scenarios.

>There are forces that can brake this kind of breakdown, like the
>deliberate delays placed in international stock market systems

Er, this could easily make things much worse.

Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/