I don't know when Lanier wrote the following but I would be interested to know what the AI folks here think about his critique (or direct me to a thread where this was already discussed). Also would someone be able to re-state his rainstorm thought experiment more clearly -- I am not sure I get it:
http://www.jaronlanier.com/aichapter.html Eric B. Ramsay "John G. Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about â the movie is going along, year 2028, an AGI goes Singularity and burns to the center of the earth and converts the core into a giant AGI supercomputer. And then average Joe out of the blue gets a message in his ears âWe would like to make your transition to Singularity mode as smooth as possible. Please stand byâ¦â Then everything goes from normal matter and physics and is converted into Singularity AGI RAM. You see the earth with a disturbance wave going across the surface as it gets converted into memory. Then the physics start gettinâ weird from what people experience, everything starts floating, physics goes to on-demand per user. The average Joe then hears âThank you. The transition to Singularity is now complete. We hope to continue serving you in your new simulatory state of being.â John From: Joshua Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:01 AM To: singularity@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: [singularity] mass-market Singularity fiction A nice idea would be a "Bad Singularity Science" website along the lines of http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/ and http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies. Like it or not, sci-fi is already the main gateway in making people aware about the Singularity ("Terminator!" "Matrix!") and this should be used to educate. SIAI's "Three Laws" campaign http://www.asimovlaws.com was excellent, although if we are to take the model of those sites, the style would be a bit more entertainment-oriented (while still educating) . Joshua --------------------------------- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://www.listbox.com/member/?& ------------------------------------------- singularity Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/11983/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/11983/ Modify Your Subscription: http://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=96140713-a54b2b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com