fubarobfusco comments on Will the ems save us from the robots? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 25 November 2011 07:35:25PM 0 points [-]

Safer for everyone else. Humans aren't Friendly.

Comment author: Logos01 25 November 2011 09:32:45PM 4 points [-]

Fair enough. But then, I am of the opinion that so long as the cultural/psychological inheritor of humanity can itself be reliably deemed "human", I'm not much concerned about what happens to meatspace humanity -- at least, as compared to other forms of concerns. Would it suck for me to be converted to computronium by our evil WBE overlords? Sure. But at least those overlords would be human.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 November 2011 12:59:31AM 0 points [-]

I'm not much concerned about what happens to meatspace humanity -- at least, as compared to other forms of concerns. Would it suck for me to be converted to computronium by our evil WBE overlords? Sure. But at least those overlords would be human.

He may be a murderous despot, but he's your murderous despot, eh?

Comment author: Logos01 29 November 2011 03:04:05AM 1 point [-]

I'm a sentimental guy.