Re: [CTRL] The Godbot Conspiracy

[David Sutherland]

-Caveat Lector- But  we  also  need  the possibility of cataclysm, so that,      when  situations seem hopeless, and beyond the power of any      natural  force  to amend, we may still anticipate salvation      from  a  messiah,  a conquering hero, a deus ex machina, or      some  other  agent with power to fracture the unsupportable      and institute the unobtainable.      --Stephen Jay Gould, Questioning the Millennium      _________________________________________________________    Deus ex machina is New Latin for "god from the machine"; it is    a translation of the Greek theos ek mekhanes.   Dave.   ----- Original Message ----- From: "Party of Citizens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:21 AM Subject: [CTRL] The Godbot Conspiracy > -Caveat Lector- > >      ********* <http://www.geocities.com/partyofcitizens> ********** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 13:29:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Party of Citizens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [AI-Arms-Race] GODBOT ... why not? > > Since God is omnipotent, He can speak to us through any aspect of His > creation, including the person of a man. So why not a robot? Some time in > this century, AI will advance so far that socially interacting robots will > surpass us in every measurable aspect of intelligence. Their theological > expressions will be so far superior to that of man that homo sapiens will > have a strange kind of variation on the Turing Test. Just as Christians > 2,000 years ago wondered how they could differentiate a super-special man > and God speaking through that man, humans will wonder if Godbot is not God > speaking through a robot. What kind of robotheology would it take to pass > that kind of Turing Test? > > Will Godbot pose a threat to national security? Don't you think DARPA > should create at least a way of differentiating a real Godbot from a bogus > Godbot? > > POC > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at Myinks.com. 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