--- Richard Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem with the scenarios that people imagine (many of which are > Nightmare Scenarios) is that the vast majority of them involve > completely untenable assumptions. One example is the idea that there > will be a situation in the world in which there are many > superintelligent AGIs in the world, all competing with each other for > power in a souped up version of today's arms race(s). This is > extraordinarily unlikely: the speed of development would be such that > one would have an extremely large time advantage (head start) on the > others, and during that time it would merge the others with itself, to > ensure that there was no destructive competition. Whichever way you try > to think about this situation, the same conclusion seems to emerge.
As a counterexample, I offer evolution. There is good evidence that every living thing evolved from a single organism: all DNA is twisted in the same direction. -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=89298338-52a11f
