Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> If AI is going to be super-intelligent, it may be treated by >> governments as >> some sort of super-weapon. >> As it already happened with nuclear weapons, there may be treaties >> constraining AI development.
> Nuclear weapons need a lot of capital and resources to construct, > which is why they can be semi-regulated, at least for individuals. AI > may initially require supercomputers to run, but once home computers > catch up to these supercomputers, stopping it would be like trying to > stop file sharing and software piracy. =\ For the last several years, the limiting factor has absolutely not been hardware. How much hardware do you claim you need to devel a hard AI? -- Opera: Sing it loud! :o( )>-< ----- 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
