[ExI] Survival (was: elections again)

John K Clark jonkc at att.net
Tue Jan 1 19:56:53 UTC 2008


Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com>

> Even an ai is bounded by the laws of physics

Not so. I upload you and put you in a virtual universe (perhaps I should
say another virtual universe) and then the laws of physics are whatever
I say they are.

"Gary Miller" <aiguy at comcast.net>

> But may I remind you of Clarke's Law?
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. "

And then there is Clark's (no e) Law:

" Any self evolving AI indistinguishable from God. "

Or He will be unless he gets caught up in a positive feedback loop and
becomes a Lotus Eater.

 John K Clark





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