timtyler comments on Bostrom, “Existential Risk Prevention as the Most Important Task for Humanity” (Dec. 2011)

timtyler 11 Dec 2011 14:05 UTC
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It says:

By “humanity” we here mean Earth‐originating intelligent life

That seems to be a very strange usage of the term, IMO. “Humanity” has many more warm fuzzies.
- Vladimir_Nesov 12 Dec 2011 1:30 UTC
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  More to the point, UFAIs are also “Earth‐originating intelligent life”.
  - Solvent 12 Dec 2011 5:14 UTC
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    I agree with “Earth originating” and “intelligent”, but perhaps not “life”.
    - timtyler 12 Dec 2011 11:52 UTC
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      I agree with “Earth originating” and “intelligent”, but perhaps not “life”.
      
      If not, then the definition of life being used is probably wrong.
      
      Perhaps try something more like: life is that which persists via copying.