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Pavlacka's article of 2012 cites de Garis's 2008 paper The Artilect War and summarises its three camps.

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Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of the Human Race → cites → The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans (AGI 2008 paper)

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Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of the Human Racecites ↓The Artilect War: Cosmists vs. Terrans (AGI 2008 paper)

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Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of the Human Race

Berkeley Scientific Journal 16(2), Spring 2012 (eScholarship) · 2012

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“He postulates the emergence of three major camps: “Cosmists” who want to build artilects, “Cyborgs” who want to become artilects, and “Terrans” who are opposed to the construction of artilects (De Garis, 2008).”

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Authors: Bryon Pavlacka
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Language: English (en)
Attribution: Bryon Pavlacka, “Artificial General Intelligence and the Future of the Human Race”, 2012.
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Date. Page footer: Berkeley Scientific Journal, Spring 2012, Volume 16, Issue 2.

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