Re: [silk] Three arguments against the singularity

2011-06-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Ohh! My favorite kind of essay: one that takes a dig at Singularitarianism and Libertarianism. Like he said. I can't prove anything either for or against, but I am somewhat sceptical about AI itself, let alone AI bootstrapping

Re: [silk] Three arguments against the singularity

2011-06-23 Thread Charles Haynes
I loved the reference (in the Moravec link) to the Dalai Lama's discussion of the possibility that someone could be reincarnated as a computer. Excellent. (Also the link in there to a paper by Eugen) -- Charles

[silk] Three arguments against the singularity

2011-06-22 Thread Thaths
Ohh! My favorite kind of essay: one that takes a dig at Singularitarianism and Libertarianism. Thaths PS: Posting in HTML to preserve links http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/reality-check-1.html Three arguments against the singularityBy Charlie