----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 2:51 PM Subject: Re: fight the future
> > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, The Fool wrote: > > > > > > ...a very long list of possible technical advances. > > > > > > Now, I don't find this list bleak (at least not in the technical > sense) - > > > it strikes me as being wildly optimisitic. Or am I just nuts? > > > > It actually struck me as so optimistic that I thought it was a parody > of > > futurists. > > He (so far anyway) has a better than average track record. Something > like 80+%. > > I still say that the development of robots and AI's will turn out badly. > > Did ya catch the bits about computers rewriting their own software? > Yes. I've head that zillions of time too over the last 20 years. :-) Dan M.
