On Concentration of the Mind. Samuel Johnson (1777).
“Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”
ASSUME: Any AGI MIND will, too, be concentrated on survival, by the prospect of a “kill switch” (deprived of power, by humans)
- Samuel Johnson 1709–84 English poet, critic, and lexicographer. Source: Oxford Reference
- “on the execution of Dr Dodd for forgery, 27 June 1777” – James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 19 September 1777
Samuel Johnson
(18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784)
Editor comment: Natural selection favors intelligence.
