Matt Mahoney wrote:
--- 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.
I don't understand how this relates to the above in any way, never mind
how it amounts to a counterexample.
Richard Loosemore
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