[extropy-chat] Singularitarian verses singularity

[Dirk Bruere]

On 12/21/05, Brandon Reinhart <transcend at extropica.com> wrote:
>
> > There are plenty of singularitarians that see the singularity as a time
> of
> immense risk to the survival of our biosphere.
>
> Actually, I'd adjust this to say probably all singularitarians believe
> this.
> I doubt anyone thinks we'll get a free pass to an ideal future.
> Singularitarians who really grasp the potential of strong AI combined with
> nanotech are scared as hell at the possibility of doing things wrong.
>
> So why wait for the Sword to fall? That's part of where the activist
> imperative comes from. (Or so it seems to me, I'm still in the early
> stages
> of developing this point of view.)
>
>
I would also say that we are living in a chaotic period of history (unlike,
say, the Cold War years) and that any effort we put in now will be amplified
instead of damped as time goes on.

Dirk
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