3 Comments

1. Rob Fisher says:
   November 1, 2008 at 12:57 am

   Great link. One worry about it being a topic of mainstream conversation is that there will be something for people to be *against*. People who go on about the precautionary principle and think nuclear fusion isn’t green enough. I hope those people don’t get in the way because I *want* to be living inside a computer a thousand years from now. It sure beats the alternative.
2. CountingCats says:
   November 1, 2008 at 7:38 am

   Rob,

   You are making assumptions about the nature of the post singularity world, and that is the point. You, by definition, cannot see past, through or into a singularity.
3. Rob Fisher says:
   November 5, 2008 at 4:41 am

   Good point. Perhaps it is that I don’t quite believe in the singularity as defined by Vernor Vinge. Or perhaps I am just hoping for it to turn out a certain way. I suppose if it all goes wrong and machines take over the Earth and all the people die then I’ll be wrong and the precautionary principle people will be right. I have reason to hope that it will be *good*, though, simply because people will want to build AI that is helpful.