From: Ben Goertzel (ben@intelligenesis.net)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 21:57:41 MST
I don't know Zey's book, but it does look interesting
personally I believe that advanced AI's will complement rather than
subordinate humans
The analogy
AI: humans
humans: animals
is flawed because humans and animals compete for resources far more than AI
and humans will have to,
due to our different natures
ben
> Have you considered the more benevolent form of Transhumanism
> (called "the
> Expansionary Theory") in Michael Zey's new book, _The Future
> Factor_? Link
> to <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0071343059/> for my review on
> Amazon.
>
> Zey advocates enhancing humans in definitely a Transhumanist way, but
> criticizes Moravec and Kurzweil for speculating that advanced AI's will
> subordinate humans. He points out that this scenario resembles the
> Neo-Luddite proposal to subordinate humans to other species or to
> "Gaia."
> Why do humans have to become subordinated to anything, he asks?
>
> Mark Plus
>
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