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Re: (eternity) autonomous agents




Ross Anderson wrote:

>A virtual datahaven could be constructed eaily provided you knew how to
>index controversial matter.
>
>Publish the rude things about the Prophet Mohammed on a server in Israel,
>the anti-Serb rants in Croatia, the kiddyporn in Sweden, the violence in
>America, the Nazi hate speech in Syria and the anti-scientology stuff in
>Germany.

I suspect you will still run into things which are illegal anywhere;
national-security stuff can be handled provided you've got a complete list
of pairs of unfriendly nations, but I don't think (eg) the more extreme sort
of kiddyporn is legal *anywhere*.

Tom