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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 6 October, 2023 11:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Adrian Tymes <atymes@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] quote of the day<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 11:16 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 19:01, John Klos via extropy-chat<br><<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> > I believe you are correct about his point of view: to Spike, presumably<br>> > Spike is indeed more important than money. ;)<br>><br>> All the money in the world couldn't get you another Spike ;)<br>><br>> John<br><br>Yea, even if you cloned 100 little Spikelets (he's probably considering it). :)<br>Their environment, education, etc. would be so different that they<br>would not turn out like the original Spike.<br>Best bet is to use AI to create a Spikebot and let it loose in the<br>world to create havoc. :)<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…One could try to find a way to upload Spike's mind, so as to make copies of it. Making bodies for those Spikes to inhabit would presumably be relatively easier, once the uploading is done…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dang I need to read everything before I post anything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If we had a way to upload ourselves, you know what would happen: we would replicate like… an uploaded human and have a friendly Singularity. For a while. Then of course whoever uploaded the most would be so powerful, the next unescapable step is becoming evil. There is simply no exception, none. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, even if a mostly decent person (such as me) gets hold of it. There has never been a truly benevolent dictator, and can never be. Absolute power corrupts all humans to some extent. All point zero, everyone.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>