rayt@cognos.UUCP (R.) (04/14/89)
In article <5778@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> SINGH S writes: >Oh come on. No intelligent species would consciously take self-destruction >as a goal. It is just a consequence of it being more complex that it >is less efficient. Curiously, I see the entire human endeavour toward increased capability and knowledge as just this drive toward self destruction - the destruction of the self as it exists now; that is, a transcendence. There are even those who consider the destruction of the ego (perhaps more a shifting of its dominance) as a (necessary) stage in human development. This, though, is getting somewhat far from AI, so I suggest that any followups go to Talk.philosophy.misc. R. -- Ray Tigg | Cognos Incorporated | P.O. Box 9707 (613) 738-1338 x5013 | 3755 Riverside Dr. UUCP: rayt@cognos.uucp | Ottawa, Ontario CANADA K1G 3Z4