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Claim · 1998-09-07 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

The Extropians message “Singularity, Breaker of Dreams” (1998-09-07) contests Y18. He says he is no longer sure that the Powers’ ethics precludes taking humans apart for spare atoms, since simple efficiency may require it even if human survival does not threaten them.

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Singularity, Breaker of Dreams → contests → A superintelligence would leave Earth alone

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