[extropy-chat] RE: [wta-talk] SIAI seeking seed AI programmer candidates

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:21:01AM +0100, BillK wrote:

> Now if it takes that much effort to get data on a screen, how much 
> should taking over the world cost?

No one knows, but it's probably closer to a Manhattan type project, corrected for
today's economy (fraction of US GNP, not inflation-normalized dollars). 
It is also not obvious, how long it would take (2-3 decades?).

We certainly don't know, until somebody tries. It might be easier, it might
be harder.

Of course, the threshold goes down with each passing year, and hardware *is*
getting better, the knowledge improves, and the human online resource is 
considerable, and growing.
 
> Pause for thought?

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