[extropy-chat] cryonicist's nightmare
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
sentience at pobox.com
Mon Sep 4 16:46:45 UTC 2006
spike wrote:
>
> Martinot Junior appears to me to have made a most unfortunate decision here.
> I want to set up my cryonics contract in such a way that my descendants have
> *no say* in what happens. They may have too much vested interest, or more
> precisely, vested disinterest in my future.
Spike, it's probably fair enough and wise enough that there be *no*
person - descendant or otherwise - who both has the power to defreeze
you, and benefits from your defreezing. That's just common sense. No
need to impute such horrible motives to your kids.
Trust but verify; better yet, avoid the need for trust. It doesn't mean
you suspect someone. It's not an insult. Just Standard Operating
Protocol for any security-conscious person.
--
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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