On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Tim Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/09/2012 09:59, Matt Mahoney wrote: > > Civilization has progressed through the work of billions of people. To > accelerate this, > you need equivalent collective intelligence. My claim is this will cost > around $1 quadrillion. > > > Well, to accelerate the progress of civilization, you just need a few more > years of progress. > Then you have a man-machine symbiosis with machine components that are > more > advanced - and thus a more advanced civilization.
In 15 years we will have spent $1 quadrillion and we will have a more advanced civilization that is progressing faster. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
