RE: Bright Green Tomorrow [WAS Re: [singularity] QUESTION]

2007-10-24 Thread YOST Andrew
Easy Richard, Matt's ideas, as well as yours, are thought provoking and worth serious consideration. Andrew Yost -Original Message- From: Richard Loosemore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:33 AM To: singularity@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: Bright Green Tomo

RE: [singularity] QUESTION

2007-10-23 Thread YOST Andrew
Candice and others, Here's a wild idea: Simply because we are here and processing information in ways that make us believe we are contemplating why we are here contemplating the purpose of life and the universe logically implies that the energy/mass system from which we have been assembled (b

RE: [singularity] QUESTION

2007-10-22 Thread YOST Andrew
...but the "singularity" advanced by Kurzweil includes the integration of human brains with digital computation...or computers (http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~garyb/BCI.htm , http://wtec.org/bci/). Since war is the pampered offspring of the technosphere...it is highly likely that we can expect to see rela

[singularity] cognitive control of screen typing

2007-10-03 Thread YOST Andrew
I have a question for the singulatarian community, Does anyone know of an expected date of arrival for cognitive control of the typing process? Where spatially, and who is developing this particular technology? I'm tired of using my fingers to control type...I think I could do it faster with

RE: [singularity] Benefits of being a kook

2007-09-24 Thread YOST Andrew
If I understand the singularity correctly it will result in humans having greatly expanded and enhanced information processing capabilities (Human + Machine). Assuming these new capabilities will ultimately result in higher levels of consciousness, then, can we say that the singularity will produc

RE: [singularity] Benefits of being a kook

2007-09-24 Thread YOST Andrew
I'm sorry, what is AGI again? Andrew Yost, PhD Forest Ecologist Oregon Dept. of Forestry Salem, OR 97310 503-945-7410 _ From: Derek Zahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 11:02 AM To: singularity@v2.listbox.com Subject: [singularity] Benefits of being a kook