> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > 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. :-) http://www.bt.com/sphere/insights/pearson/human_evolution.htm
