[ExI] Survival (was: elections again)
John K Clark
jonkc at att.net
Tue Jan 1 19:56:53 UTC 2008
Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com>
> Even an ai is bounded by the laws of physics
Not so. I upload you and put you in a virtual universe (perhaps I should
say another virtual universe) and then the laws of physics are whatever
I say they are.
"Gary Miller" <aiguy at comcast.net>
> But may I remind you of Clarke's Law?
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "
And then there is Clark's (no e) Law:
" Any self evolving AI indistinguishable from God. "
Or He will be unless he gets caught up in a positive feedback loop and
becomes a Lotus Eater.
John K Clark
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