[extropy-chat] Original Sin was Bioethics Essay
Mike Lorrey
mlorrey at yahoo.com
Wed May 25 00:35:51 UTC 2005
--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> So far AI has avoided major political-religious complications,
> probably
> because it does not exist in a form that challenges overall Human
> supremacy. Of course, by the time such an AI does exist it will be
> too
> late for anyone to do anything. Hence IMO its a non-issue as far as
> we are concerned.
An athlete who had only been a sprinter for 6 months outran all but the
fastest sprinters at the Athens Olympics this past year. How? He was a
double amputee with gazelle-like artificial running limbs specially
designed for sprinting. Several single amputee runners at the
paralympics protested his technological advantage....
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
-William Pitt (1759-1806)
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com
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