Re: [silk] Skepticism on Technological Singularity

2011-02-15 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 03:13:44AM -, Anand Manikutty wrote: Yes, but you have to show that self-improvement is automatic. That is, this process of self-improvement can continue without human intervention. *plonk* Anand --- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Sirtaj Singh Kang sirtaj@...

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 15, Issue 17

2011-02-15 Thread Pranesh Prakash
On Tuesday 15 February 2011 02:43 PM, Dave Long wrote: singularity may not be the most interesting concept for a mailing list, but shenanigans are a waste of bandwidth. This talk of shenanigans and bandwidth conservation reminded me of Postel's Prescription: “Be liberal in what you accept,

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 15, Issue 17

2011-02-15 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 15-Feb-2011, at 2:54 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: This talk of shenanigans and bandwidth conservation reminded me of Postel's Prescription: “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send”.[1] [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/P/Postels-Prescription.html Better known