[extropy-chat] Superintelligence

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/15/06, Mikhail John <edinsblood at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Everything you mine you have to take off-planet. Gravity hurts. Far easier
> to mine the Jovian neighborhood. Plenty of energy, relatively highly
> concentrated resources, and a nice big gravity well to slingshot from.
> Speed, ease, efficiency. Plus, no indignant natives flinging nukes.
>
> Or chimps throwing stones.
Still, if gravity hurts then why leave Earth at all? Vast amounts of energy
in the oceans ie deuterium, and no environmental worries.

Cost/benefit analysis.
If we get treated better by such an AI than we treat chimps now, we will be
extremely lucky.

Dirk
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