On Jan 26, 2008 8:50 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Correct me - my impression of discussions here is that this group seems to > be focussed exclusively on the future development of a superAGI - and that > is always considered to be a *computer*. > > However, there is still no sign of that ever happening
http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~fringwal/stoopid.lis > - of a disembodied > computer A computer is not "disembodied" any more than you are. Silicon, as a substrate, is fully equivalent to biological neurons in terms of theoretical problem-solving ability. > achieving true intelligence - (or even how such a thing, were it > possible, could avoid being simply switched off). http://www.singinst.org/blog/2007/07/10/the-power-of-intelligence/ > What however now seems extremely probable is that Artificial Life will > happen. Today the first artificial genome was announced: > > http://www.jcvi.org/cms/research/projects/synthetic-bacterial-genome/press-release/ > > (any significance in the choice of Mycoplasma genitalium?) > > Awed hush, please. Soon there will be an artificial cell. http://www.singinst.org/upload/mindisall-tv07.pdf > It also seems highly probable now with Darpa that we will have robots freely > roaming the earth eventually - however long it may take. > > (These are the areas where all the serious money is going). DARPA's budget for ARPANet in 1970 was $1 million, out of $1 billion or so. All the 'serious money' was probably going to eight-track tapes and abandoned mainframe computers. > Why does discussion never (unless I've missed something - in which case > apologies) focus on the more realistic future "threats"/possibilities - > future artificial species as opposed to future computer simulations? Because millions of people already think about short-term threats, and very few think about long-term threats. If nobody thinks about long-term threats, one of them is eventually going to kill us. > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; - Tom ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=90299709-848b10
