DM, I just finished Kurzweil's Age of Spiritual Machines and I have to say I think he is on to something. His view of evolution and what he calls the law of accelerating returns at least has face validity. There have been a number of snotty responses from some about this but I suspect these are based on gut reactions not serious consideration of what he is saying.
His predictions in this book written in about 1999 are pretty much on track so far. For example he foresees quibbling over the Turing test to go one for another 25 years or so which is in his view 10 or more years after machines can routinely pass it. Krimel ---------------------------------------- Krim Yes a nice balance of real but not too real. DM ----------------- > [DM] > Virtual physical violence is much better than the real world stuff though. > > [Krimel] > True but interestingly it produces visceral effects similar to real world > stuff. Many times while traveling in the Arcstone zone where there are > lots > of mountains and bridges snaking like ribbons between tall peaks I have > found myself catching my breath if I stray to close to the edge. > > Go to a local arcade or computer game center and watch the players. Their > physical reactions while playing are interesting. > > > --------------------- >> DM >> I've wondered if the shit real world will >> get sorted out once we have discovered >> a possible virtual world that puts it to shame. >> >> i.e. is paradise something we can discover in cyber space? >> >> --------------------------- >> [Krimel] >> I already live there and it's still not always a picnic. Lots of >> monsters, >> lots of math, lots of other people and politics and all the usual stuff, >> only less tangible. >> >> If you told a story with no tension, no one would listen. If you made a >> world with no conflict no one would want to live in it. >> >> >> moq_discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
