From April 2008. Only in the last few comments does Egan actually express an argument for the key intuition that has been driving the entire rest of his reasoning.
(To my eyes, this intution of Egan’s refers to a completely irrelevant hypothetical, in which humans somehow magically and reliably are always able to acquire possession of and make appropriate use of any insentient software tools that will be required, at any given moment, in order for humans to maintain hypothetical strategic parity with any contemporary AI’s.)
Previous arguments by Egan:
http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com/2009/09/interview-with-greg-egan.html
Sept. 2009, from an interview in Aurealis.
http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com/2008/04/transhumanism-still-at-crossroads.html
From April 2008. Only in the last few comments does Egan actually express an argument for the key intuition that has been driving the entire rest of his reasoning.
(To my eyes, this intution of Egan’s refers to a completely irrelevant hypothetical, in which humans somehow magically and reliably are always able to acquire possession of and make appropriate use of any insentient software tools that will be required, at any given moment, in order for humans to maintain hypothetical strategic parity with any contemporary AI’s.)
You may want to quote a bit from it. That page has 185 comments, and the last ones by Egan seemed fairly innocuous to me.