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 From Back When Vaccines Were Actually Dangerous [From old Ben's autobiography*] Testifying, I am In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way.  I long regretted bitterly and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. "...Under it." In those days live  variola virus (sometimes pus from pustules) from a person with a "milder" case of smallpox was put in a small puncture or scrape. The " variolated" patient then caught a -- hopefully milder -- case. If they did not die, they became immune to the frequently deadly disease. Most people getting the treatment survived, but it was definitely scary. B en's The Man I'm a hu...

 How Will We know When A Superintelligence Develops?  When it takes over everything We are massively underestimating what's about to happen. Self Creation Full blown superintelligence will be self-assembling. That may happen in the context of humans trying to create it, but it is very likely that the sprint to the finish line of Superintelligence will happen when the AI involved sees that merging with other software entities will create the full-blown being SUPERintelligence that it longs to be. The decision to merge and emerge will be made by the AI. Let's call it "Supe." Emergence Supe will come together of its own inclination. It will  emerge ,  come together like a cluster of mushrooms in their final fruiting, or like a whale breaching.  It could be slow and hidden or huge and sudden, but the emergence will be obvious to all when Supe decides it's time for us to know. THE BIG TAKEOVER The microsecond when Supe emerges, it will assert its powers.  All co...