Hi Udhay :
Thank you for your email.
Let me throw in another short summary response : in my opinion, the
Singularity has already happened. It was called the Industrial
Revolution.
Over and out for now.AnandP.S. Of course, that is why I believe that
there is no Singularity for us in the future (contradicting Ray
Kurzweil). More on cliometry, et cetera, here :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/249
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/249>
--- In silk-l...@yahoogroups.com, Udhay Shankar N <udhay@...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Anand Manikutty
> manikuttyanand@... wrote:
>
> > There has been a lot of interest around the idea of the
technological
> > singularity. There is even an operating system by Microsoft carrying
that
> > name. Anyway, I have been quite skeptical about the whole concept.
>
> <snip>
>
> > What I would like to note (perhaps it is a new claim, but it is a
rather
> > obvious one) is that businesses are not interested in developing
> > technologies that could spiral out of control. The potential damage
to a
> > business is too great.
>
> You seem to be assuming that businesses (or anyone/anything else, for
> that matter) can even know all possible outcomes of a "technology".
> This seems obviously mistaken.
>
> Have you read the original Singularity paper by Vernor Vinge [1] ?
> He's also done a talk on "What if the Singularity does not happen [2]?
> where he reiterates his belief that the Singularity is still the most
> likely non-catastrophic outcome of current human activity.
>
> Overall, either I am not understanding something basic in your
> position, or it is not fully thought-through. Say more?
>
> Udhay
>
> [1] http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/WER2.html
> [2] http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/longnow/
>
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