To: Neville72
Yudkowsky: How can we shape the intelligence explosion for the benefit of humanity? What if the answer is: "We can't".
To: Fitzcarraldo
What if the answer is: "We can't".
Then let's hope it isn't created. As a computer scientist, I concede the possibility someone might do it. OTOH, even if they did, I think we would still win the ensuing war, eventually.
There are two things in this universe I have faith in. One is God's mercy. The other is the human ability to inflict devastation. Basically, I don't think an AI would have the sheer d@mned bloodthirsty meanness necessary to kill us all before we took it down.
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04/13/2006 8:56:44 AM PDT by
JamesP81
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