On 6/7/07, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You've been sounding like a broken record for a while. It's because speed kills. What or who is doing the killing is not important.
Who needs politeness or respect for your fellow man when we can make ourselves feel great by putting others down?
Dude, I-current wouldn't trust me a picometer if I was much, much smarter. Neither should you.
People are suspicious of outsiders, including superintelligence. This is nothing new. So superintelligence will have to prove itself out in the real world.
Or we ourselves will evaporate, together with a few cm of Earth regolith. Sorry, I'd rather not take the chances.
If AI is likely to come first, as I believe, then it's in our best interests to make it as friendly as possible. Not dismiss the problem because we're suspicious of all AI.
I'm sorry, I'm not religious. Try the next door down the hall.
All I said was that superintelligence could be wiser and more charismatic than human beings. If you disagree, you must believe that humans are the wisest and most charismatic possible beings in the universe. Who's the religious one here? Who's being the Copernicus and who's being the Church? The universe does not revolve around humans. We do not have the monopoly on morality or cleverness. This is Transhumanism 101.
Why the animal chauvinism, sheep? You've never met an intelligent human, so why are you judging them? Oh, wait...
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