From: kevin.osborne (kevin.osborne@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2006 - 19:56:37 MDT
> 1) Age:
31
> 2) Sex:
Male
> 3) Highest education attained:
Bachelors
> 4) Occupation:
Contract Developer
> 5) Subject of formal work/study:
Embedded Systems
> 6) Subject of informal/independent work/study (if applicable):
Open Source
> 7) a) Computer programming experience/ability
5 Fluidly and elegantly use several programming languages as naturally
as speech.
> 7) b) How many computer languages have you learnt?
10+
> 7) c) How many computer languages could you implement a sorting
> algorithm in without referring to documentation?
5
> 8) Gateway to SL4 (e.g. technical, social, ethical/political):
technical
> 9) When do you expect the "singularity" to occur?
2100
> 10) How hard a take-off to you "expect"?
decades
> 11) What do you expect the greatest existential threat will be before
> the singularity?
politics, the rise of conservatism & religion, luddites, space travel w/o AI
> 12) How often do you contribute to the SL4 list?
1-2
> 13) Ever donated materially to SIAI?
nope
> 14) Where are you on the political compass?
Y-axis=-1
X-axis=-2
> 15) Are you an avid sci-fi fan?
a fan, but not avid
> 16) Vegan / Vegetarian?
nope
> 17) Do you have significant Ashkenazi genetic heritage?
nope - colonial mongrel
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