<div>Ben Wrote:</div> <div>>POTENTIAL advantages (not saying that this is what i expect, understand)<BR>>are mainly allowing us (people in general) to lever ourselves out of the<BR>>shithole we find ourselves in at present. Allowing us to live as long as<BR>>we want, rid ourselves of diseases, poverty, oppression, allowing us a<BR>>much better chance of realising our potentials as thinking beings.<BR>>Maximising our chances of happiness. Giving us (thinking beings in<BR>>general) a fighting chance to survive into the future.<BR></div> <div>Thank you for your response. I was wondering if you could clearify how these</div> <div>things will be achieved by The Singularity. </div> <div>I'm sorry if I sound redundant.</div> <div>I know I frequently return to the subject of The Singularity because I feel I haven't </div> <div>figured out what my own opinion is on the subject. </div> <div>When discussing topics subjects such as
Transhumanism or cryonics, I found it easy to</div> <div>listen, learn and decide if I thought the topic was "Good" or "Bad" for me. </div> <div> </div> <div>Although after reading the sl4 posts I have learned a lot, on some level, I can't help</div> <div>feeling that most of the posts talk about the high risks of developing an AI. There aren't </div> <div>many posts that talk of the benefits. </div> <div>I wanted to write about The Singularity in a form that represents the both "bad" and "good"</div> <div>sides but am finding it hard to do.</div> <div> </div> <div>I won't post any more questions regarding this issue but if anybody would like to get</div> <div>back to me either privately or on list, it would be greatly appreciated.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks again</div> <div>Anna</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><BR><BR>Any piece of knowledge I acquire today has a value at <br>this
moment exactly proportioned to my skill to deal with it. <br>Tomorrow, when I know more, I recall that piece of <br>knowledge and use it better.<br>-Mark van Doren<p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com