Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:

> It is amazing how many people seem to think this is a new fear, it
> is far from being so - and it has never been true and won't be until
> *this* fear becomes true "As machines become more intelligent it will
> first become possible and then necessary to bribe them".
>
> Right now and for all of history to date the exploitation of people
> has been done by *people*, technology is simply another tool in the box of
> those who like to exploit and control and it is one that serves *them*
> very well. However technology is a *tool* and like all tools the result of
> using it depends on the intent and skill of the user and not the nature of
> the tool. For example you could use nuclear explosives to sculpt artwork
> onto dead planetoids or you could use them to threaten nations and
> influence policies.

This does not contradict Mayayanas propositions. It completes them.

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