Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (Long)

2006-04-29 Thread Bhairitu
I read this article when it originally came out and am much in agreement with Bill Joy.   This last Christmas a relative gave me a copy of Kurzweil's  "The Singularity is Near" that's premise I feel is very flawed.   My relative mistakenly thought that I would see Kurzweil as a great technol

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (Long)

2006-04-28 Thread Vaj
On Apr 28, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Peter wrote: > A sentient man-made robot/machine would be mind > boggling. If it was intelligent, watch out! So many > possibilities to consider. The disturbing thing to me is that the sceintists in AI who are  *seriously* talking about robot species are not tal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (Long)

2006-04-28 Thread Peter
A sentient man-made robot/machine would be mind boggling. If it was intelligent, watch out! So many possibilities to consider. --- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why the future doesn't need us is an article by Bill > Joy, Chief  > Scientist at Sun Microsystems. In this article, he > argues