Hi Dmd Its like you're saying "I've guessed what the outcome of this experient will be so I wont bother to perform it"
The purpose of trying to make stuff happen is to find out what happens when you do. It might well be sinister and dangerous but there's nothing artless about it. You go with the flow and see what happens - often it turns out to have been a waste of time, but just occasionaly something amazing turns up. There's nothing different about AI research in this regard as compared to any other field. Whats the nightmare for our artisitic types? Competetion? Proper poets will be unhindered by the changing media and will most likely embrace it. Jos > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of david buchanan > Sent: 08 June 2007 17:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Paradise in cyber space > > > Keith, Krimel and all: > > Spiritual Machines? Silicon-based Minds? For reasons I can't > quite put my > finger on, this stuff strikes me as being creepy and > ridiculous at the same > time. Things like the Borg of Star Trek, Darth Vader's death > star in Star > Wars, HAL of 2001 and many other works express the idea that > we are losing > our humanity to technology. There is something artless and > heartless about > this whole area. > > Help me out here, gents. Tell me what would be the point and > purpose of > creating cyber sapiens. Other than realizing every poet's > worst nightmare, > why would we want to sand to think? I mean, the question does > not ask if we > can, but if we should. I'm very skeptical on both accounts. > > dmb > > Kurzweil also has a website devoted to essays & news items > related to these > trends: <http://www.kurzweilai.net/> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Dont miss your chance to WIN $10,000 and other great prizes > from Microsoft > Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0540003042mrt/direct/01/ > > > > This email was received from the INTERNET and scanned by the > Government Secure Intranet Anti-Virus service supplied by > Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM > Certificate Number 2006/04/0007.) In case of problems, please > call your organisations IT Helpdesk. > Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, > monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. > > This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the > attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, > disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are > not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and > inform the sender by return e-mail. > > This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the > attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, > disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are > not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and > inform the sender by return e-mail. > > This e-mail (whether you are the sender or the recipient) may > be monitored, recorded and retained by the Ministry of > Justice. E-mail monitoring / blocking software may be used, > and e-mail content may be read at any time. You have a > responsibility to ensure laws are not broken when composing > or forwarding e-mails and their contents. > This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. This e-mail (whether you are the sender or the recipient) may be monitored, recorded and retained by the Ministry of Justice. E-mail monitoring / blocking software may be used, and e-mail content may be read at any time. You have a responsibility to ensure laws are not broken when composing or forwarding e-mails and their contents. The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet Anti-Virus service supplied by Cable&Wireless in partnership with MessageLabs. (CCTM Certificate Number 2006/04/0007.) On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus free. Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or recorded for legal purposes. 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/
