Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: ultra intelligent machines Message-ID: <=E51=D9xds13@ficc.uu.net> Date: 18 Jan 90 17:50:43 GMT References: <733@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> <13709@s.ms.uky.edu> <8014@sybase.sybase.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 > There may be ultra-intelligent machines, but ones that would take > over and overpower humans? For me, that could _never_ happen. > Call it a matter of faith. Consider the scenario where we develop expert systems and the like, to the point where more and more of the personaility of the "programmer" becomes incorporated in the rule system. Or think of people using silicon implants to enhance their protein brains. There will be entities we think of as ultra-intelligent machines. They will think of themselves as humans. Normal un-enhanced humans will not be pets. They will be children. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'