We aren't plugged into monkey politics. We can't even effectively communicate with monkeys. And yet saying that humans have made changes to monkey civilization is a huge understatement.
- Tom --- Russell Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/4/07, Papiewski, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > We already have intelligent **human beings** whose > well-reasoned ideas get > > no traction in society at large. What makes you > think that an AI is going > > to fare any better? > > > > I don't. > > If the AI isn't plugged into politics I don't see it > making any change to > > human civilization regardless of how smart it > might be. > > > > That doesn't follow. What we need to do, that > intelligent life not turn out > just a brief evolutionary experiment, is to break > the bonds of time and > space: reverse aging and make space settlement > feasible. And I think both of > these things are politically feasible as it stands. > (The first, granted, has > been the subject of controversy, but I think there's > a lot of 'I bet they > were sour anyway' in that. Aside from a hard core > who truly want death, I > think most older voters, if they are offered the > means to be healthy again, > will take it.) > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: > http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
