<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Mirco Romanato <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:painlord2k@libero.it" target="_blank">painlord2k@libero.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Il 07/11/2013 20:58, Kelly Anderson ha scritto:<br>
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> How do you see the Singularity as being tied to Bitcoin? (Real question,<br>
> not rhetorical.) I just bought my first bitcoins the other day. I will<br>
> buy more soon if I can.<br>
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</div>Autonomous Corporations first and AI (and Augmented Humans) later need a<br>
way to cooperate. Or this is done in a way we are not able to understand<br>
now or it will be based on something we understand: money.<br>
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Bitcoin allow unlimited payment to unlimited number of entities.<br>
Any AI doing something useful will be rewarded using bitcoin where any<br>
AI doing something harmful will be not. Just like humans are.<br>
So we have a way to select for useful AI: we pay them for doing<br>
something useful. And they pay us back if w do something useful to them.<br>
And if we are useful to them, they will not think about recycling us as<br>
Grey Goo.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Mirco,</div><div><br></div><div> I can see the possibility for money surviving the Singularity. It may not be 100% necessary, but it may be helpful. I can't see the future of money past the Singularity, so I really can't say.</div>
<div><br></div><div> That being said, what does Bitcoin specifically (or cryptocurrency in general) add to the scenario that isn't provided by government backed currencies?</div><div><br></div><div>-Kelly</div><div><br>
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