On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > If the problem is so simple, why don't you just solve it? > http://www.securitystats.com/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_botnet > > There is a trend toward using (narrow) AI for security. It seems to be one > of > its biggest applications. Unfortunately, the knowledge needed to secure > computers is almost exactly the same kind of knowledge needed to attack them. >
That comment is just silly. Richard didn't claim to be able to solve the present problem of computer viruses. *You* claimed that future AGI enhanced computer viruses will be unstoppable. But future AGI will have to be created *first* and it is intended to protect against misuse of AGI, as in computer viruses. BillK ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=98631122-712fa4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
