Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-19 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, May 19, 2014 5:52:35 PM UTC-4, Jason wrote: > > Craig, > > What about computer/automated trading software that currently executes the > majority of stock trades in the world? See: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_trading > > Then there are also those text messaging ser

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-19 Thread Jason Resch
Craig, What about computer/automated trading software that currently executes the majority of stock trades in the world? See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency_trading Then there are also those text messaging services where people pay $1 or more per text message to chat with what they

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-18 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 5:18:15 PM UTC-4, Liz R wrote: > > On 16 May 2014 08:29, Craig Weinberg >wrote: > >> On Thursday, May 15, 2014 3:55:12 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: >> >>> Craig: >>> beautiful reply, appreciate your understanding and explanation. >>> H O W E V E R : >>> if we "MIX" pop cultur

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-15 Thread LizR
On 16 May 2014 08:29, Craig Weinberg wrote: > On Thursday, May 15, 2014 3:55:12 PM UTC-4, JohnM wrote: > >> Craig: >> beautiful reply, appreciate your understanding and explanation. >> H O W E V E R : >> if we "MIX" pop culture with more 'thought-of' speculation (language?) we >> get into trouble

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-15 Thread Craig Weinberg
capabilities. >>> (My agnosticism speaking). >>> The 'S'-term serves usefully in many arguments. I discount those. >>> >> >> Hi John, >> >> I'm using Singularity here only in the pop culture sense of a >> Technological S

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-15 Thread John Mikes
icism speaking). >>> The 'S'-term serves usefully in many arguments. I discount those. >>> >> >> Hi John, >> >> I'm using Singularity here only in the pop culture sense of a >> Technological Singularity in which AI begins to use its eve

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-15 Thread John Mikes
> (My agnosticism speaking). >> The 'S'-term serves usefully in many arguments. I discount those. >> > > Hi John, > > I'm using Singularity here only in the pop culture sense of a > Technological Singularity in which AI begins to use its eventual superio

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
nt those. > Hi John, I'm using Singularity here only in the pop culture sense of a Technological Singularity in which AI begins to use its eventual superior intelligence to create exponentially more intelligent AI. The idea of a Moneybot Singularity would be some kind of a program tha

Re: Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-14 Thread John Mikes
Craig: about your title... I see no 'realistic' meaning to SINGULARITY (although it may be calculated in many fashions by diverse experts...!) Taking a STRICT meaning of the term, it has NOTING. Not even borderlines, which would belong INTO (forbidden). So the only singularity I can fathom is the i

Moneybot Singularity

2014-05-14 Thread Craig Weinberg
An interesting little thought experiment to consider: Is there a way to create a program or AI moneybot which can figure out how to make more money on the internet than it costs? I see this as a sneaky way to get at the trans-computable nature of consciousness as it brings up issues about the