John wrote: > Is the date of the Singularity or any future date for that matter hardcoded > in time? Yes, because that's when we (or, rather, they) will start a new calendar ... everything we say and write now will be known as 'BS' - Before Singularity ;-) @Ben - thanks for putting your book together and making it available free of charge... a very nice read despite having read most of it before and it actually flows/fits quite well. ________________________________________ From: John Rose via AGI [a...@listbox.com] Sent: 27 December 2014 18:24 To: AGI Subject: RE: [agi] Ten Years to the Singularity If We Really Really Try? -- New/old essay collection of mine published via Humanity+ Press
Is the date of the Singularity or any future date for that matter hardcoded in time? Our perspective of the calendar "date" either way changes as time goes forward since there are factors that chaotically influence the date. I haven't really studied prediction but from what I know the predicted date could be a dynamical system, looking at it 2 dimensionally as we progress through time certain factors cause the predicted occurrence to change chaotically. Would this be an ergodic system with time and other measures invariant? Could the date statistically emerge from the dynamical system a particular way? As far as the Singularity I believe there will be particular "shifts" that will become more and more evident as we get closer. These will be shifts in technologies perhaps occurring in waves. Some of these shifts I think have already been happening. They will become more and more noticeable... Has anyone written anything about this? John > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Goertzel via AGI [mailto:a...@listbox.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 7:59 PM > To: AGI > Subject: [agi] Ten Years to the Singularity If We Really Really Try? -- > New/old > essay collection of mine published via Humanity+ Press > > Hey folks, > > I have gathered together some of my old (2008-2011) essays from H+ > Magazine and elsewhere, into a book released via Humanity+ Press, see > > http://humanityplus.org/projects/press/ > > http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Years-Singularity-Really-Try/dp/1505550823 > > http://goertzel.org/TenYearsToTheSingularity.pdf > > Happy Newtonmas ;-) > > > -- Ben > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress > depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw > > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5404257-22a42d7f Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's individual capacity. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
