[extropy-chat] Bluff and the Darwin award

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Russell Wallace
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:02 AM
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Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Bluff and the Darwin award

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As a "Singularity Summit" this was very tame and not very scary at all.  It
provided a platform for Bill McKibben to speak. Bill McKibben, who advocates
an end to progress, the snuffing out of the entire future of sentient life -
_and is respected and taken seriously_. If that doesn't scare you, what
would?


On the contrary, I found McKibben's talk in a way reassuring.  We have an
intelligent, sincere and articulate singularity opponent who demonstrates
that there is little substance to the position of AI opposition.  His thrust
seems to be asking: why should we want to pursue the singularity?  My answer
is simple: Don't worry Bill, we want to.

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