On 5/7/08, Steve Richfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Story: I recently attended an SGI Buddhist meeting with a friend who was a > member there. After listening to their discussions, I asked if there was > anyone there (from ~30 people) who had ever found themselves in a position of > having to kill or injure another person, as I have. There were none, as such > experiences tend to change people's outlook on pacifism. Then I mentioned how > Herman Kahn's MAD solution to avoiding an almost certain WW3 involved an > extremely non-Buddhist approach, gave a thumbnail account of the historical > situation, and asked if anyone there had a Buddhist-acceptable solution. Not > only was there no other solutions advanced, but they didn't even want to > THINK about such things! These people would now be DEAD if not for Herman > Kahn, yet they weren't even willing to examine the situation that he found > himself in! > The ultimate power on earth: An angry 3-year-old with a loaded gun. > > Hence, I come to quite the opposite solution - that AGIs will want to appear > to be IRrational, like the 3-year-old, taking bold steps that force > capitulation. >
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