Actually Elon is pretty functional, for what he does.... He functions quite well at starting new tech businesses and making money and creating new artifacts and getting media attention.... He may not carry out all the functions you would like him to, but hey...
I agree that, from what I have read anyway, his world-view is a fairly narrow materialistic-focused perspective.... Yet in this case I think his thinking is pretty much on-target. What he is arguing is that in the pursuit of creating broader, smarter, deeper minds --- it is better to engage more and more of the mindpower of the planet in an open-minded, open-ended way ... rather than to follow a more rigid, constrained approach (as would happen inside a big company). He is also arguing that the creation of new minds should not be done solely in the context of the very narrow goals of current organizations like governments or for-profit companies.... That someone so tied into the corporate system and the money economy would come to these conclusions is impressive to me, and indicates to me Elon Musk's ability to think very penetratingly in some regards... -- Ben G On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:00 AM, justcamel <justca...@gmail.com> wrote: > Elon Musk is a highly dysfunctional clown. He knows nothing about the > world view and perception of a highly developed and wise individual. He > extrapolates from his limited consciousness and expects AI to behave in > ways his narrow world view deems logical. > > Ask Elon Musk again after he meditated for a decade. > > Why do we care about the opinions of random people? Your bank account and > your IQ are irrelevant when it comes to understanding reality. > > On 19.12.2015 18:56, John Smith wrote: > > “I think the best defense against the misuse of AI is to empower as many > people as possible to have AI. If everyone has AI powers, then there’s not > any one person or a small set of individuals who can have AI superpower." - > Elon > Musk > > I wonder what sorts of AI powers, or superpowers you guys think he is > talking about? > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23508161-fa52c03c> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/212726-deec6279> | Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
