From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sat May 31 2003 - 10:35:14 MDT
Olga Bourlin wrote:
> On the one hand he's reputed to have an unquantifiable IQ:
>
> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134859999_boygenius31.html
>
> On the other hand he says:
> "[arrogantly] I believe I was given a special gift from God, and [humbly] I
> don't know why" ... and [as Miss America candidates are inclined to say] "I
> want to use this gift to help all mankind and bring lasting world peace."
> [my italics]
"Greg dreams of mining asteroids, curing cancer, eradicating hunger and
becoming president."
Ah, I remember those days. I had almost exactly the same dreams as a kid,
before I got ambitious.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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