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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:21:34 -0500
Subject: "Singularity Summit" Biased in Favor of the Singularity

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From the SIAI web page http://www.singinst.org/aboutus/ourmission

"In the coming decades, humanity will likely create a powerful artificial
intelligence. The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
(SIAI) exists to confront this urgent challenge, both the opportunity and
the risk."

After listening to most of the recordings from last year's "Summit," I
was forced to conclude that the vast majority of the speakers knew
nothing about the "risk" but effused glaring and naive optimism about the
"opportunity".

Will this year's "Summit" be any different?  Rudi, you're going.  You're
a bright fellow.  You're certainly not fooled by hype, are you?  Please
listen carefully to what is presented, and let us know if the two general
categories of opportunity and risk are presented there fairly, as in a
50-50 split of the time available at the podium.

Flav

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