[extropy-chat] Eugen Leitl on Singularity strategy

[Michael Anissimov]

Eugen Leitl wrote:

>If you want to stick to security metaphors, fighting a worm with a
>counterworm is a classical-textbook Bad Idea. A better approach would be to
>build a worm-proof environment.
>

Doesn't this entail massive global restrictions on human intelligence 
enhancement, computing power, brain-computer interfaces, cognitive 
science, etc?  Doesn't it sacrifice faster-than-human intelligence of 
any sort as well?  The only way to reliably prevent smartness-based 
autofeedback is to enforce tremendous constraints upon humanity.

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Michael Anissimov                           http://www.singinst.org/
Advocacy Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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