TAISHON@uwacdc.acs.washington.edu (derouter) (06/21/89)
I think that many of the far-ranging complexities and problems that people
point out can be summarized under the category of general communications
break-downs. Indeed, I would say that this is the definitive critical issue.
With the fabrication capabilities implied by functional NT our ability to
communicate with who/what we wish to may be severely impaired (at least our
ability to discern proper communications). We see ever-increasing problems
of this sort today. As our communications handling abilities have advanced
our abilities to communicate conceptualizations and intents seem to be
decreasing.
My simple NT dream would be to travel to the stars exploring new sensory
phenomena and stellar objects. Others would conclude that to be old-fashioned
and would aspire to being an anolog intelligence in a micro-environ where they
could create whatever simulations they desire and 'pirate' other 'beings' as
they will.
I really believe the communications issues are the most frightening and the
'Hard-wiring' to be trivial in comparison.
About two years ago, those of us involved in the Seattle NSG went a retreat
(similiar to the MIT one) in a cabin in the woods with Eric and his wife.
Some of the more 'Flaky' concepts we mused about was the idea of setting
up an 'Inheritance Day'. This would be the day when all the citizens of
the solar system would be given a plot of said system to do with as they
will subject to the constraint that they couldn't infringe upon the
rights of neighbors. We also discussed about 4 different ways to police
this new era, including ultra AI.
One of Eric's major concerns was stated to be the expansion by galactic
civilizations at a healthy fraction of the speed of light, which seems
inevitable as we approach the 'Limits of possibility'
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