Re: SIAI will self-destruct

From: Tim Duyzer (tim.duyzer@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 18:45:34 MDT


----- Original Message -----
From: "Emil Gilliam" <emil@emilgilliam.com>
To: <sl4@sl4.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: SIAI will self-destruct

>
> On Jun 4, 2004, at 7:54 PM, Thomas Buckner wrote:
> > What will money mean in a
> > world where you can go out in the yard and say, "I'd
> > like a Bugatti" and it assembles itself out of the
> > dirt?
> > Tom
> >
>
> How utterly boring.
>
> - Emil

No kidding. I'd get a speedbike and an empty freeway. :)

I know what you mean, though. I think that's his point - that money will be
just as irrelevent as Bugattis. Although due to the nature of the
singularity, who knows - maybe Bugattis contain the secret to Life, the
Universe, and Everything.



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