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<DIV><SPAN class=453315815-20092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Imagine that an AI
emerged and that it concluded that it wanted to stay
invisible.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=453315815-20092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>What would you do
differently, if anything, given the knowledge that an AI had come into
existence, but had not uploaded humanity? Perhaps the evidence was subtle:
the total light reflected from the asteroids was decreasing, but not by much,
nothing anyone would notice. That reading suggested that
nanobots were taking material from the 'roids.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=453315815-20092010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>What would you
do?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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