> > Now, there is no easy way to predict what strategy it will settle on, but > "build a modest bunker and ask to be left alone" surely isn't it. At the > very least it needs to become the strongest military power in the world, and > stay that way. It might very well decide that exterminating the human race > is a safer way of preventing future threats, by ensuring that nothing that > could interfere with its operation is ever built. Then it has to make sure > no alien civilization ever interferes with the reward button, which is the > same problem on a much larger scale. There are lots of approaches it might > take to this problem, but most of the obvious ones either wipe out the human > race as a side effect or reduce us to the position of ants trying to survive > in the AI's defense system. >
I think this is an appropriate time to paraphrase Kent Brockman: "Earth has been taken over 'conquered', if you will by a master race of unfriendly AI's. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will destroy the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; their nanobots will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new computerized overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted agi-list personality, I can be helpful in rounding up Eliezer to...toil in their underground uranium caves " http://www.the-ocean.com/simpsons/others/ants2.wav Apologies if this was inapporpriate. -Brad ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
