Two very strong points. Though please remember there are some honest and intelligent Republicans. I even know a few.
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. > > Dr Brin, why exactly do we need to develop AI's that > are self aware at > all? Their are certain problems that can be avoided > entirely by > keeping technology smart enough to do it's job, but > not smart enough to > think for itself. As you say the only way would be > to raise them as if > they were human to begin with, complete with > feedback systems etc. We > already have a system in place that does this on a > wide scale, and look > at the results. No matter how well or mistreated > normal humans are > when growing up, many of them end up as criminals, > addicts, religious > nuts, terrorists, whores, republicans, murderers, > etc. Any AI that is > grown in the same manner would likely have the same > failure rate... > > As for Nonos, it seems like a lot of the nano tech > you describe would > likely need an immune system to fight off regular > pathogens, > engineereed malicious pathogens and nanotech, and > badly designed / > escaped / evolving nanotech. No nanotech should > ever have the ability > to self replicate. That leads back to the > primordial ooze, with an > entirely new and improved foundation for evolution > to work with (altho > I think bacteria, fungii etc. would be able to > counter evolve in > reaction). > > > ----- > You can lead a conservative to logic, but you can't > make them think! > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
