> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > enhancements. What we'll have in the end is artificial personal assistants > that do exactly what we want, understanding us better than we understand > ourselves, and have no risk of catastrophic failure of the apocalyptic sort > being bandied about so much online lately. Any failure mode even remotely > resembling that sort will have been identified long before the agent reaches > sufficient power to "take over the world" (like a cheesy supervillain), simply > because no agent with those sorts of issues would sell, and the iterative > engineering process for designing the agents will have plenty of time & > notice to correct the problems. > >
I don't know, there are many different technologies that are starting to rapidly come together now and be internetworked. From facial recognition to location tracking technologies to remote chemical detection devices, RFID's, remote imaging... It's moving very fast at this point. And the smart mobile devices are densely packed with various technologies while being connected to the internet both stationary and mobile. Also, mobile devices seem to sleep less than the PC's. And we are closer to them in various ways. These technologies are increasingly outstepping the pace of civilization. I find it difficult to see that far into the future now compared to years ago. At some point we will start losing control of it and it will take on a life of its own, AGI or no AGI. Siri will make more and more choices for you as time goes on, where to eat, what to buy, etc.. Google Now will lead you to other places perhaps, a different restaurant or whatever, read this other novel, vote for that other person... brainwash you another way heh.. talk to you in your sleep :) Tell your neighbor where you are, control how many people are going different places,... think about it. John ------------------------------------------- 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
