A billion pounds?

[ciphergoth]

babysimon: "You could do a lot of good with £1bn"

How would you spend a billion pounds in order to do good? You can't spend it on yourself or your friends.

Comments

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

I'd give a chunk to the singularity institute, and use the rest towards treatment/prevention of disesase and provision of sustainable food and water in the poorest parts of the world.

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Surprised - I would have thought the SIAI's position and goals incompatible with a belief in either souls or a final judgement, enlighten me?

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

I don't see any reason why AIs wouldn't have souls, any more than evolved beings can't. I don't believe in a final judgement per se - I think everyone gets to heaven eventually, and suspect that singularity might well be exactly that.

[elfy.livejournal.com]

woah... SIAI = interesting stuff! *reads*