I see two paths toward >human intelligence:
1) Intelligence Augmentation.
This can be through a mixture of significantly improved computer-human
interaction including possibly ubiquitious computing, wearables, much
improved human-computer interfaces (including though controlled
computing), much improved decision support and knowledge agent
software, better groupware, implanted computational devices and so on.
2) Artificial Intelligence.
Note there are possible/likely interactions and cross-fertilization
between these paths.
The fastest path to "telepathy" is direct brain to networked computer
to other brain information flows. While some "smart drug" therapies
may be promising it seems highly unlikely that massively greater
intelligence can result from that or tweaking human genetics. Some
such things may help us get just smart enough to get to the next level
though.
- samantha
On Oct 6, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Lúcio de Souza Coelho wrote:
On 10/6/06, Bergeson, Loren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This article takes a shot at making a counter-argument, at least if
you
assume that general AI is a necessary part of the Singularity:
http://www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v12n02_AI_gone_awry.html
(...)
Of course if we that the Singularity needs just a *super human*
intelligence, than it does not necessarily has to be *artificial*
intelligence, in the sense of a thinking computer.
Super-intelligent humans developed using drugs and genetic
manipulation could do just as well. Another thing that would be
interesting in the field of biological intelligence enhancement would
be the implementation of some form of "telepathy" (in the lack of a
better word) - some way of transmitting information from brain to
brain that would be at the same time more accurate and with far larger
bandwidth than (spoken and written) words. That would allow processing
networks of (super)human brains far superior than the Internet (which
I see as a brain-network of sorts mediated by a computer network).
So, instead of studying A.I. perhaps we should be trying to produce
telepathic mutants with huge heads covered with veins like those in
scifi B movies from the 50s. ;-) Hey, Ben, what about allocating some
Biomind time to nootropic research? 8-P
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