From: m.l.vere@durham.ac.uk
Date: Sat May 13 2006 - 05:28:31 MDT
Quoting BillK <pharos@gmail.com>:
> On 5/13/06, m.l.vere wrote:
> > Well doing so is rational (and can be derived from moral nihilism - ie
> > suspension of disbelief/acting that way in self interest), in present
> everyday
> > life, as I argued in my post. However to act this way when planing
> > posthumanity will restrict said posthumanity to (perhaps severely)
> sub-optimal
> > levels. And ironically, if these morals are used in the creation of
> > superintelligence, perhaps everyone elses posthumanity as well.
> > Cooperation could very likely become obsolete in the posthuman world.
> >
>
> Au contraire, with communication improvements and networking, hive
> minds or similar may well be much more likely.
I dont believe that the motivation exists for such things, so no. And also,
not if I can help it.
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