If an AI can come up with better ideas for improving our lives than we can, then wouldn't it make sense to pay attention to it? Why should our leaders be of mere human-level intelligence if they can be much smarter? If people democratically choose for superintelligences to be their leaders (whether IAed humans or AI), as I think they inevitably will, then wouldn't that be reasonable?
Our xenophobia and human chauvinism about machines will evaporate when/if a true friendly AGI is built and starts to accomplish good deeds in the world. Matt and John, I think an AI will get traction by doing, not just by talking. A friendly AGI will, say, invent a cure for cancer, or hand us the design for a working fusion reactor, or something else we can't even imagine. Accomplishing these good deeds will give it tremendous social capital. If such an AI is charismatic as well, then the public will practically beg it to take greater responsibility. Why the human chauvinism, guys? You've never met an intelligent machine, so why are you judging them? -- Michael Anissimov Lifeboat Foundation http://lifeboat.com http://acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog ----- 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
