Human Extinction
Here's a good, funny website about human extinction
http://www.vhemt.org
Kind of tongue-in-cheek but a pretty sensible philosphy behind it. Don't know if I'd go so far as extinction, but I think it would be cool if the earth had only about 1 billion people rather than our current 6.5
September 27, 2003
September 21, 2003
What is the Singularity?
The well known exponential growth in innovation, invention and technology development appears to lead toward an event so substantial, so revolutionary, that it's occurrence could be rated on par with the emergence of life on the planet.
The path to the singularity is suggested to find it's way through the emergence of machine intelligence that surpasses our own. The exponential nature of the phenomenon suggests that at the emergence of such intelligence, the path to the singularity will be a very rapid one.
Will we know the singularity for what it is as the symptoms of it's emergence are difficult ones to forecast. These are some of the interesting questions that I wish to ponder in this blog.
What would a superior intelligence look like? Can a cat ponder the nature of the superior intelligence of humans? The symptoms of the coming Singularity, even if recognized may not be apparent to the great mass of humanity. What if there are pivotal happenings in the world which are beyond the understanding of an average person.
And then as well, what does the other side of the singularity look like. Who will participate, who/what will lead, what happens to the oblivious masses.
The well known exponential growth in innovation, invention and technology development appears to lead toward an event so substantial, so revolutionary, that it's occurrence could be rated on par with the emergence of life on the planet.
The path to the singularity is suggested to find it's way through the emergence of machine intelligence that surpasses our own. The exponential nature of the phenomenon suggests that at the emergence of such intelligence, the path to the singularity will be a very rapid one.
Will we know the singularity for what it is as the symptoms of it's emergence are difficult ones to forecast. These are some of the interesting questions that I wish to ponder in this blog.
What would a superior intelligence look like? Can a cat ponder the nature of the superior intelligence of humans? The symptoms of the coming Singularity, even if recognized may not be apparent to the great mass of humanity. What if there are pivotal happenings in the world which are beyond the understanding of an average person.
And then as well, what does the other side of the singularity look like. Who will participate, who/what will lead, what happens to the oblivious masses.
This is an infrequent blog to record various steps that I think are in the direction of the singularity.
What is the singuarlity? We're not sure, but according to some, something big will happen soon. Perhaps machine intelligence. Perhaps some trans-human existance gets enabled.
A revolutionary change will happen sometime between 2005 and 2030 - says Verner Vinge, a prominent writer on the subject of the singularity.
Check back here regularly to see if you're still you. If you're not, I'll be sure to let you know.
If you wish to immediately capitulate to our inhuman overlords, drop us a line and let us know how that's working for you.
What is the singuarlity? We're not sure, but according to some, something big will happen soon. Perhaps machine intelligence. Perhaps some trans-human existance gets enabled.
A revolutionary change will happen sometime between 2005 and 2030 - says Verner Vinge, a prominent writer on the subject of the singularity.
Check back here regularly to see if you're still you. If you're not, I'll be sure to let you know.
If you wish to immediately capitulate to our inhuman overlords, drop us a line and let us know how that's working for you.
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