[ExI] Hard Takeoff

[Michael Anissimov]

Heya Spike,

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:10 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
> I am not advocating a Bill Joy approach of eschewing AI research, just the
> opposite.  A no-singularity future is 100% lethal to every one of us, every
> one of our children and their children forever.  A singularity gives us
> some
> hope, but also much danger.  The outcome is far less predictable than
> nuclear fission.
>

Would you say the same thing if the Intelligence Explosion were initiated by
the most trustworthy and altruistic human being in the world, if one could
be found?

In general, I agree with you except the last sentence.

-- 
michael.anissimov at singinst.org
Singularity Institute
Media Director
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