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<DIV>>By then it will be too late.<BR>>If something so amazingly useful
can be done, it will be done by someone somewhere. <BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So you say. But you have no proof that this is the
case. I can think of lots of useful knowledge gained from breeding a human and a
chimp and as far as I know it hasn't been tried. That's simply amazing if you
ask me. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, I am working on the assumption that there is
already sufficient technology at the time to augment human intelligence to the
point where human level AI is not "so amazingly useful". The real benefits will
come from software and agents with "AI capabilities". What's the amazing
usefulness of creating a sentient being that can be hurt, insulted and must be
compensated and/or treated like a slave? It's much more useful if you can keep
computers just below the level of sentience and use them to enhance your own
mind. You really need to step out of this box that assumes that is some
incredible standalone technology that will just pop up out of nowhere. When the
capability exists, Near AI stuff will already be integrated into nearly
everything already.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>>The 'Wintermute' solution may be viable for a few years, but how
long could a bunch of talking chimps keep a thousand mega->Einsteins under
lock and key? Every chimp beyond fooling as well as being
incorruptible?<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Again, you are assuming that
mega-Einsteins won't be the norm at the time. With thousands running around,
what's one more?</FONT></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>