[alicebot-aiethics] Interesting Article

Christopher Fahey [askROM] alicebot-aiethics@list.alicebot.org
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:00:44 -0400


> Well, actually I am a bit disappointed that even Stephen 
> Hawking has joined the club of technophobics... There might 
> be a chance that AI will outsmart the human race in a very 
> distant future, but whether this will be to our disadvantage 
> or even a danger to us is questionable in my opinion...and I 
> also would not consider engineering the human DNA to increase 
> our IQ a valid solution, if it is a solution at all...

Yes. It is even more disappointing to learn that Hawking has joined the
Eugenics Club. 

-Cf