Defending Against Harmful Nanotech and Biotech 193
Maria Williams writes "KurzweilAI.net reported that:
This year's recipients of the
Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award are
Robert A. Freitas Jr.and
Bill Joy, who have both been proposing
solutions to the dangers of advanced technology since 2000.
Robert A. Freitas, Jr. has pioneered nanomedicine and analysis of self-replicating nanotechnology. He advocates "an immediate international moratorium, if not outright ban, on all artificial life experiments implemented as nonbiological hardware. In this context, 'artificial life' is defined as autonomous foraging replicators, excluding purely biological implementations (already covered by NIH guidelines tacitly accepted worldwide) and also excluding software simulations which are essential preparatory work and should continue."
Bill Joy wrote
"Why the future doesn't need us" in Wired in 2000 and with
Guardian 2005 Award winner Ray Kurzweil, he wrote the editorial
"Recipe for Destruction" in the New York Times (reg. required) in which they argued against publishing the recipe for the 1918 influenza virus. In 2006, he helped launch a
$200 million fund directed at developing defenses against
biological viruses."
You can call me Ray & you can call me Jay ... (Score:4, Funny)
And I had no idea about his work in preventing bioterrorism. Hats off to you, Ray!
I would like to ask him a few questions, however, about his daily intake of vitamins [livescience.com]. I'm sure his definition of "breaking the seal" while drinking is completely different from my own. Try drinking 10 cups of green tea in a day. I dare you.
Yeah, this is the same guy who hopes to live long enough so that he can live forever. Keep on reaching for that rainbow, Ray.
Three words... (Score:5, Funny)
Anonymous Cowards (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Three words... (Score:5, Funny)
I thought I'd be okay... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can call me Ray & you can call me Jay . (Score:4, Funny)
Depending on cup size, this doesn't neccessarily total more than 1.5-2 litres. That is about the normal water intake per day. Since tea is essentially spiced water, I see little reason why someone couldn't do this. Whether it is healthy is a different matter.
As a comparison, I drink about half a litre of strong coffee each morning, and another few desiliters at evening, and am exhibiting no symptoms - AAH ! SOMEONE SNEEZED ! IT MUST BE BIRD FLU ! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE !
Sorry, that keeps happening; but like I was saying, I've not noticed any symptoms, so I cdon't see any reason why drinking 10 cups of tea each day would be particularly bad.
Kill all humans (Score:1, Funny)
Re:You can call me Ray & you can call me Jay . (Score:3, Funny)
Hats off to you, Ray!
Yah. Tinfoil hat.
A good defense... (Score:4, Funny)
Adjustments are made as needed (Score:4, Funny)
I think it is safe to say that one of those "adjustments" is going to the bathroom every 5 minutes.
Don't fall for it! (Score:3, Funny)
Our friends at MIT have shown that tin foil hats enhance reception of government transmitters [mit.edu].
I shudder to think what a whole body suit could do!
Re:You can call me Ray & you can call me Jay . (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, installing stairs in your home will hold the Roombas off... but dear Lord, FOR HOW LONG?
More about Ray's health... (Score:3, Funny)