X-Message-Number: 15922 From: "john grigg" <> Subject: an apology Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 03:03:00 Sabine, I wish to publicly apologize for any given offense. I did not mean with my "heil big brother AI" comment to consciously infer the government of Germany in the late thirties and early forties. I had in my conscious mind the world Orwell created in his classic novel "1984." But unconsciously I brought up the word heil while forgetting the national origin of it since in the minds of so many it epitomizes evil mass movements everywhere. I realize you and others at the Singularity Institute believe AI can and must be developed to benefit humanity. And ultimately I think if highly advanced AI does hurt humanity it will be due to the fact that other humans designed and instructed them to do so. I hope our race will have the wisdom to treat our yet unborn mind children with the respect and even love which they will deserve. very best wishes, John _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15922