[MURG] Question about AI and Mind Upload

[Keith Wiley]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:55:16AM -0700, Keith Wiley wrote:
>
> > Each one teaches us about the other.  Each one offer insight into how the
> > other might work and how it might be accomplished.
>
> AI is largely interesting as a negative. If we'll get human-grade AI before
> uploading, there will never be uploading.

Would you enlighten us with your thoughts on this?  I don't entirely
follow your conclusion quite yet.  Seems to me like AI would be helpful in
accomplishing MU, unless the AIs are mean or scared and feel motivated to
"keep us down", which is possibly, but not necessarily definite.

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