[ExI] Eliezer S. Yudkowsky, Singularitarian Principles. Update?

[John Grigg]

Michael Anissimov wrote:
Marcello Herreshoff is brilliant for any age.  Like some other of our
Fellows, he has been a top-scorer in the Putnam competition.  He's
been a finalist in the USA Computing Olympiad twice.  He lives and
breathes mathematics -- which makes sense because his dad is a math
teacher at Palo Alto High School.  Because Friendly AI demands so many
different skills, it makes sense for people to custom-craft their
careers from the start to address its topics.  That way, in 2020, we
will have people have been working on Friendly AI for 10-15 years
solid rather than people who have been flitting in and out of Friendly
AI and conventional AI.
>>>

Okay, I am duly impressed with Herreschoff's achievements...

Oh, and Michael, your last name is the bane of my existance!  I always
want to spell it "Annisimov!" lol

John  : )



On 11/14/10, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Though I may share your feeling that our intuitive notion of self may
> need a radical redefinition in the future, in particular after
> deployment of mind uploading tech, I will continue to feel free to
> support what you call "wasted, misguided effort entailed in its
> survival".
>
> G.
>
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:59 PM,  <x at extropica.org> wrote:
>> 2010/11/14 Tomaz Kristan <protokol2020 at gmail.com>:
>>> The conservatives like you two are doll like those Indians who wanted to
>>> prevent any Moon landing on the basis of "don't touch our grandmother".
>>> The warm feeling of ancient wisdom means, you are probably wrong.
>>
>> Tomaz, I'm about as far from "conservative" as it gets.  My thinking
>> on human enhancement, transformation and personal identity, and the
>> systems necessary for supporting such growth is in fact too radical
>> for the space-cadet mentality that tends to dominate these
>> discussions.  I would suggest the same is true of Stefano.
>>
>> For example, if we could ever get past the "conservative" belief in a
>> discrete, essential self (a soul by any other name), and all the
>> wasted, misguided effort entailed in its survival, we could move on to
>> much more productive discussion of increasing awareness of our present
>> but evolving values, methods for their promotion, and structures of
>> agency with many more degrees of freedom for ongoing meaningful
>> growth.
>>
>> - Jef
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