I do remain very hopeful about useful applications for what I call "emergent silicon organisms".
It's fun science fiction. Stay W4rm. Boyz and Gurlz. -RicoFeynman On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Greg Staskowski <[email protected]> wrote: > False alarm kids. Cancel alert. Just because a computer can dream doesn't > mean it can think. Or build #wondergoodies. > > We're in a very exciting space, but religious crazy is still religious > crazy. > > Long way to go to build a worldwide Earth Operating System with > nanoassembler pipelines. > > Trust the metallurgist, hah? > > -GJS EIT > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Alan Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HEY YOU!!! >> >> I'M TALKING TO ALL THE COMATOSE NUMBSKULLS ON THIS LIST (nearly >> everyone)... >> >> Do you have any fucking idea what that Deep Mind video that was posted a >> few hours ago means??? >> >> They have about 85% of a working AGI right now and they seem to have >> enough hardware available to run it at near realtime speeds. >> >> >> What that means is that we are staring down the double barrels of a >> hard-takeoff singularity and it could very well be in progress as I type >> this! >> >> All questions regarding the hardware requirements of AGI have been >> conclusively demonstrated in that video. As stated, only one or two more >> capabilities are required for it to exhibit superhuman cognitive >> capacities. >> >> =\ >> >> I am now issuing a Defcon 2 singularity alert. Within the next three >> years either the singularity will happen or World War III will happen. >> There are no other alternatives right now. =\ >> >> Trajectory appears to be towards a hard to medium-hard takeoff... As >> mentioned, we already seem to have staggering hardware overhang. >> >> >> The singularity is now, motherfuckers... I know you are going to skim >> this and hit the snooze button, for the love of doG, don't! This is the >> critical point in history that will decide everything! >> >> Now the goals are: >> >> 1. don't get gooed. >> 2. Try to obtain and spread the goodies. >> >> -- >> IQ is a measure of how stupid you feel. >> >> Powers are not rights. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> AGI >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/27055757-c218d4f9 >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
