[ExI] Unfrendly AI is a mistaken idea.

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 10:46:48AM +1000, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:

>    so far with that argument. Humans generally do not attempt to fill the
>    world with genetic copies of themselves, even when they are in a

Oh, but how they try. Even if they can't match old Gengis, many of them
take a mighty sweep at it.

>    position of power. This is despite the fact that, unlike most computer
>    programs (viruses being a notable exception), humans are essentially a
>    very advanced version of the program "reproduce", which has maintained

They might be advanced, but they still get evaluated by the fitness
function.

>    its goal over billions of years.

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