[MURG] Question about AI and Mind Upload

[Yan King Yin]

From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>

>> I don't think the very existence of human-grade AIs would be so
>> horrible that people would stop wanting to live forever; are you
>
>No, the existance of human-grade AI is not horrible per se. It just marks a
>watershed event, resulting in a self-enhancement runaway. Really quick
>runaway.

Recursive self-enhancement can work to create better utility AIs
(which humans want) as well as sentient AIs (which I think is
redundant -- "if AI can do X, AI can do X without sentience").
The runaway is not a threat at all, it'll only bring about a lot
of new tech.

YKY


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