Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: CSER is being launched at Cambridge University to protect us from Skynet: And now we have reassurance from the Pentagon: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/human-robot-kill The Pentagon wants to make perfectly clear

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Alain Sepeda
between the demographic fears, debunked since decades (sorry, after 9 billion, humanity will reduce), the gibbs like it might be wrongly done or use, so just don't do it, the various fear about healt,, environment... and those existential fears tha get up to DoD or UNO, with debunked fear or

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Mark Gibbs
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.comwrote: the gibbs like it might be wrongly done or use, so just don't do it You should read what I write more carefully: I didn't say CF/LENR shouldn't be used but that possible unintended consequences should be considered.

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mark Gibbs mgi...@gibbs.com wrote: You should read what I write more carefully: I didn't say CF/LENR shouldn't be used but that possible unintended consequences should be considered. That seems sensible to me. Perhaps you should write about some of the unintended benefits. We can avoid

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Alain Sepeda
Ok, I exaggerate, it is a litte a strawman rhetoric... sorry. I'm inspired by less subtiles fearmonger on any subject that reach the media and even the politicians... managing risk is ok, but we should not forget the gain, to avoid the drawbacks... people forget a little that today situation is

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote: sorry for that bad mood, I'm a bit fed up by our state of permanent fear... Recommended reading for you: http://www.amazon.com/State-Fear-Michael-Crichton/dp/0061782661

[Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-26 Thread Terry Blanton
CSER is being launched at Cambridge University to protect us from Skynet: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238152/Cambridge-University-open-Terminator-centre-study-threat-humans-artificial-intelligence.html And rightly so considering the latest advances in Deep Thought (aka deep

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-26 Thread James Bowery
The problem isn't a threat from artificial intelligence -- it is, and has always been -- from natural intelligence. The robocalypse will be controlled by malign natural intelligence. On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: CSER is being launched at Cambridge

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
I love the name of this organization. It sounds like it should have something to do with existential philosophy. Centre is so very British cosmopolitan - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

2012-11-26 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I love the name of this organization. It sounds like it should have something to do with existential philosophy. Centre is so very British cosmopolitan And it will be called Caesar or Seize Her!