>Philip
>I personally think humans as a society are
capable of saving themselves from their own individual and collective
stupidity. I've worked explicitly on this issue for 30 years and still
retain some optimism on the subject.
>> Colin: I'm with Pei
Wang. Let's explore and deal with it.
>OK, if you're with Pei,
what exactly is the position that you are not with?
>Cheers,
Philip
The usual paradoxes and dichotomies:
-letting it happen by accident.
-getting too misty eyed about homo sapiens sapiens when we're a last minute mayfly in the scheme of things.
-not getting misty eyed enough about homo sapiens sapiens and not looking after my children's interests.
-not including a moral/ethical department alongside the AGI development (like this one!)
-letting an ungrounded self modifying AGI loose.
-constructing a cottage industry out of second-guessing an outcome. We have enough insurance salesmen.
-behaving like the down side has already happened.
-behaving like the down side won't happen...
Cheers
Colin
