On 8/20/07, Sergey A. Novitsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> However, in general, I got disenchanted with the concept of Singularity, and
> for the following reasons:
> - Technology and intelligence is like a double-edged sword. It can serve
> both harmony and cooperation, and hostility and predatio
Sunday, August 19, 2007, Joshua Fox wrote:
JF> (but please, only well-confirmed reports rather than
JF> supposition).
Maybe more general question that provides information about the same
problem is [why don't you donate/work on it/spread the word, other than due to
inability to do so].
So, frame
Hi,
So far, I have donated about a thousand dollars for the Singularity goals, and
read several books as well...
However, in general, I got disenchanted with the concept of Singularity, and
for the following reasons:
- Technology and intelligence is like a double-edged sword. It can serve both
On 20/08/07, Aleksei Riikonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/20/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- Samantha Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Huh? Are you conscious?
> >
> > I believe that I am, in the sense that I am not a p-zombie.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil
On 8/20/07, Samantha Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> [...] the deep logical (or: moral) flaws in the
>> Singularitarian position. [Please tell us they are.]
>
> A position that says we should be in a great hurry to get to a state
> of affairs that we cannot remotely understand or control and w
On 8/20/07, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Samantha Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Huh? Are you conscious?
>
> I believe that I am, in the sense that I am not a p-zombie.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie
>
> I also believe that the human brain can be simula
