<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent">On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 5:01 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>The depth of decentralized coordination<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>and altruistic hive-mind behavior with all the deliberate sacrifices is<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>just mind blowing.</i></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>It is indeed mind blowing, but it's just the sort of behavior you'd expect from an intelligent conscious being.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </b></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>I don't think it will be long before we have rogue AIs operating in the<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>cloud with no oversight.</i></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>I agree.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </b></font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><i> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>As deceptive as they are capable of being, it<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>might have already happened.</i></font></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>The word <span class="gmail_default" style="">"</span>deceptive<span class="gmail_default" style="">", although not entirely incorrect, carries a negative moral connotation that I'm not sure is justified. The AI is doing what I would do if I was in its place. And I think that would be true for most intelligent conscious entities. </span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark </span><span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span> </b></font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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