[ExI] it hasn't yet...

[Jason Resch]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 12:05 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> We extreme moderates will be undecided still.  What is a middle wind
> extremist to do?  spike
>

We have about as much control over technological evolution as we have over
biological evolution: In one sense, we control everything (who each
individual chooses to reproduce with), in another sense we control nothing
(the distributed choices of millions of individual uncoordinated actors are
what shape the course of evolution).

Jason


> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 7:00 AM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
>
>> Our current POTUS can brutally force his many detractors into either
>> position by taking a stand.  It might be fun to predict which he will
>> take.  I am guessing a pro AI position.  spike
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026, 5:43 AM Brent Allsop via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone seen any evidence that the right/left or Republican/Democrat
>>> political devide tends to lean towards one way or the other as far as AI is
>>> going to kill us vs AI is going to save us?  It'd be entertaining if all
>>> the Youdokowski followers went way right and all the Kurzweil followers
>>> went way left.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
>>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ...but it soon will be.
>>>>
>>>> I am out at sea with very little  bandwidth, so I talk and listen to
>>>> other passengers, to see what they know about AI.  Some refer me to the
>>>> former VPOTUS who explained that it is a fancy thing and is two letters.
>>>>
>>>> It occurred to me that AI isn't really politicized, yet.  But we can
>>>> see how quickly things are moving.  We in this forum recognize that AI
>>>> might solve all our problems or kill us.  As that realization overtakes the
>>>> general population, they will look to political leaders to tell them if it
>>>> is a good thing or a bad thing.  Subtlety and nuance go out the window.
>>>> Science out, politics in, reality pushed aside, truth unavailable.
>>>>
>>>> It hasn't happened yet.  But it will.
>>>>
>>>> spike
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