[ExI] Belief in Market Efficiency

[John Grigg]

>
> I wrote:
>
>> Humans as docile house cats and the A.I. we create as the tigers that keep
>> us in line?  A sad thought...  But I suppose a society like the one Iain M.
>> Banks envisioned is really not so bad.
>>
>> In fact, it very much appeals to me.
>>
> >>

 Damien wrote:

> The Culture's humanoids, docile as house cats?--Bwahahahaha. As docile as
> tigers that humans keep in line, maybe.
>
> Try (re?)reading USE OF WEAPONS or MATTER and see how that equation holds
> up...
>
>>

Damien, do you own cats?  As I write this my felines are hunting each other
and playing their little war games...  People seem to forget that the
"domesticated" house cat is still a cute furry little killer full of
instincts and built-in weapons to help him/her survive.  Have you ever had
"presents" left for you? lol  I think the house cat metaphor works well for
us as a way of showing the relationship between "civilized" humans and A.I.
in The Culture.

John  : )
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