Re: [singularity] Benefits of being a kook

2007-09-24 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo
y would you be here? It takes awhile to understand just the basics. If you really are interested, you can start by reading "What is Friendly AI?" (but don't expect to 'get' it right away). http://www.singinst.org/ourresearch/publications/what-is-friendly-ai.html Mark N

RE: [singularity] The humans are dead...

2007-05-29 Thread Mark
ering – i.e. it is my impression that such change would have a better chance of staving off the political arena than it would of succeeding in it). -Mark - This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/m

Re: [singularity] Replicable Patterns of Breakthroughs

2007-05-19 Thread Mark H. Herman
"diamond in the rough" than would ideas from other times (other things being equal). -Mark -- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I imagine the following may have already been considered, > nevertheless: It would seem constructive to undertake an > analysis

[singularity] Replicable Patterns of Breakthroughs

2007-05-18 Thread Mark H. Herman
ying the patterns of specific breakthroughs, which might require extensive and deep knowledge in the respective fields, could be divided amongst various experts of various fields. Perhaps something like this would be worth adding to the agenda of the AI Impact Initiative or some similar interdisci

Re: [singularity] Philanthropy & Singularity

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo
t to give your competitors enough funding to develop AGI and then be worth ten Microsofts? The singularity would probably change the meaning of money and commerce, but try telling that to Bill Gates, or anybody who has spent an entire life around money. Mark Nuzzolilo - This list i

Re: [singularity] RE: the musical singularity

2006-10-24 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo II
If anyone is interested, there is a short list of "singularity" music here (no downloads though). I am not assuming that all of them even have lyrics; sometimes they will include a track because of how it is named. http://www.fusionanomaly.net/singularity.html Mark N - Th

Re: [singularity] Convincing non-techie skeptics that the Singularity isn't total bunk

2006-10-23 Thread Mark Davis
nvolved in building a digital intelligence. The military and other researchers will probably jump in later on, but the initial breakthroughs are going to probably come from a small team with the right approach due to the highly specialized nature of the problem. Mark From: "Gregory Johnson&quo

Re: [singularity] Defining the Singularity

2006-10-22 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo II
Well, there is funding like in the Methuselah Mouse project. I am one of "the 300" myself. With enough interested >people it should not be that hard to raise $5 million even on a very long term project. Most of us seem to think that >conquering aging will take longer than AGI but there are

Re: [singularity] Counter-argument

2006-10-13 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo II
Samantha Atkins wrote: The Singularity won't happen this century because: a) Those capable of actually building >human intelligence are too busy with arcane philosophical conundrums, trivia and pointless debates; While there are a lot of people on these lists wasting time with pointless ch

Re: [singularity] Counter-argument

2006-10-04 Thread Mark Davis
I was surprised there was no mention of innovation enabling innovations. Personally, I see the greatest benefit of the internet being the way it organizes and collects scientific information for anyone to use or innovate with. I know there is still a lot of junk out there on the web, but a p

Re: [singularity] Convincing non-techie skeptics that the Singularity isn't total bunk

2006-09-23 Thread Mark Nuzzolilo II
g-edge stuff out there than we see in everyday life.  You can't get from point A to D on a line without first going through points B and C.  Stick with just facts and very little or no speculation; and if you can't do it without speculating, then it is probably too early to get the g