<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Bradbury</b> <<a href="mailto:robert.bradbury@gmail.com">robert.bradbury@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>I
think the assumption that there will be a Singularity "meat grinder"
needs serious reexamination. We don't run around eliminating all
of the nematodes or bacteria on the planet just because they are
consuming some small fraction of energy and/or matter that we at some
point may want.
<br><br>You have to realize that while there is a vector that some may
follow for climbing the singularity slope once it goes nearly vertical,
there is no reason once it tops out that those who selected to not make
that choice will be turned into hamburger. The difference between
a sub-KT-I and a KT-II civilization is at least 13 orders of magnitude
in terms of power consumption. We generally don't interest
ourselves in something that is going to involve dealing with
0.00000000001% of our resources. Hell we rarely pay much
attention to anything in the 0.1% to 0.01% range. It could well
be the case that the solar system as a whole evolves up the slope while
Earth, Mars and Venus remain meat havens until we get so bored with
multi-thousand year lifespans that we go off on some dangerous
adventure in a world ship to a distant "dark" galaxy.
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On a literal understanding of the goals of the AI at the start of the
singularity, "make yourself more intelligent at any cost" might involve
converting all of the matter and energy in the universe into
computronium, without regard for the consequences to other life forms
or the environment. However, it is fallacious to assume that a
super-intelligent AI will have this (or indeed any other) goal simply
by virtue of the fact that it is intelligent. There is no necessary
connection between intelligence and motivation even among naturally
evolved animals, let alone when you include *every possible* motivation
that could be programmed into an AI. <br>
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Stathis Papaioannou<br>
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Stathis Papaioannou<br>
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