PhilGoetz comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 November 2010 02:58:05PM * 0 points [-]

It sounds like you're saying humanity is worse than paperclips, if what distinguishes them is that they increase entropy more.

Comment author: timtyler 07 November 2010 04:16:13PM -1 points [-]

Only if you adopt the old-fashioned "entropy is bad" mindset.

However, life is a great increaser of entropy - and potentially the greatest.

If you are against entropy, you are against life - so I figure we are all pro-entropy.

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