From: Kevin Freels (megaquark@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 11:01:07 MDT
I could tell you how it is being done, but they are reading all my email
messages. ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:24 AM
Subject: The right 10 people. Re: Who'd submit to the benevolent
dictatorship of GAI anyway?
> [this is interesting too, thought we should fork the thread]
>
> Anders Sandberg writes:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:42:52AM -0700, Robbie Lindauer wrote:
> > >
> > > But seriously, the "right 10 people" could pretty easily "take over
the
> > > world" with the right combination of propaganda, technology and
> > > disregard for their own and others' safety.
> >
> > Hmm? I see this type of claim being floated around quite a bit,
> > but could somebody support it with some evidence, please?
> > Obviously a proof of concept would be cool (any evil overlords
> > out there in need of an advisor? :-) but at least some plausible
> > sketch of how these "right 10 people" would go about it would
> > be nice so we can evaluate the risk.
>
> I reckon I could scare a few kiddies with a bit of creative devils
> advocacy, but consider this 10 people is still rather a lot to have
> a secret and to work together. Also it takes a person time to
> acquire power, be it power from military or elected position,
> power from knowledge or other forms. As people live longer
> a few of the more cunning political animals will not be dropping
> off by natural attrition. I can see Creighton and Kass potentially
> making notes and rubbing hands with glee if we provide them
> with two many details of what the right (wrong?) 10 might do
> in future when lives are longer.
>
> Brett
>
>
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