RE: greatest threats to survival (was: why believe the truth?)

From: Alfio Puglisi (puglisi@arcetri.astro.it)
Date: Thu Jun 19 2003 - 13:57:43 MDT

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    On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Harvey Newstrom wrote:

    >I wouldn't worry too much about Microsoft's foray into AI. If you recall,
    >they had already launched a much-hyped AI help interface that was supposed
    >to anticipate your needs and act as a virtual office assistant... Clip-It,
    >the annoying paperclip. Sometimes the hype doesn't match the end product.

    I'll take the worst Unfriendly AI over Clippy anytime :-) It won't be so
    damaging

    Ciao,
    Afio

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