On 8/21/07, John G. Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the singularity process there will be a human species split into at > least 3 new species - totally software humans where even birth occurs in > software, the plain old biological human, and the hybrid > man-machine-computer. The software humans will rapidly diverge into other > species, the biologics will die off rapidly or stick around for a while for > various reasons and the hybrid could grow into a terrifying creature. The > software humans will basically exist in other dimensions and evolve and > disperse rapidly. They also may just meld into whichever AGI successfully > takes over the world as human software will just be a tiny subset(or should > I say Subgroup) of AGI.
Why would the hybrid be a "terrifying" creature, as opposed to a biological or software consciousness? There could also be those entities that embody themselves when necessary and travel between the three "species" you've described, depending on their goals and direction. c.f. Greg Egan's Diaspora. J ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=34719530-806b88
