Keith, Shane, you might not believe this, but I'm on your side.
You might be on my side, but are you on humanities side? What I mean is: Sure, if I avoid debates about issues that I think are going to be very important then that might save my skin in the future if somebody wants to take my words out of context. And the same goes for anybody else who is interested in trying to build an artificial general intelligence. But then what happens? Potentially very important issues, indeed probably the most important ones since they are likely to be some of the most "scary", disappear out of the scope of open discussion. Instead these issues get worked through in private behind closed doors and off the record. Do we really want our collective future to be decided this way? Shane ----- 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=4007604&user_secret=7d7fb4d8
