On 09/26/2014 07:41 AM, Ben Goertzel via AGI wrote: > > > One passing comment regarding your specific scenario, compare > Brazil's nuclear program with Iran's nuclear program. Their > situations are nearly identical - neither has signed the nuclear > non-proliferation treaty, > Correction: Iran is signatory to UN Treaty (1968). Has been for DECADES. (It is Israel that NEVER acceded to this treaty.) Brazil acceded to the treaty in 1998. (For a quick reference <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons> ). > > both claim to be developing for peaceful purposes, both have a lot > of nuclear material, and by all accounts neither is weaponizing. > However, no one is talking about sanctions against Brazil. I > suspect the same forces that have now arrayed against Iran would > also array against Azerbaijan in your scenario. > > > Hmmm..... But, Iran has threatened to attack other countries. In my > scenario, the AGI host country is not threatening anybody. > > And anyway, nobody is attacking Iran now, right? They're making > sanctions against Iran, but a clever AGI might not mind that so much > anyway; it could probably find ways to work around them... And in > the end I think some countries would violate any such sanctions and > trade with the AGI host country for purely economic reasons... > > Still, there are obviously a lot of possible scenarios to consider !! ... > > > > Thanks again for your excellent article. > > > Thanks for the appreciation ;) > > ben > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/231448-cfc66781> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com> >
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