X-Message-Number: 29132
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:33:49 -0500
From: Francois <>
Subject: The Singularity's friendliness

>Maybe it is that he ran out of fresh Singularity material for his lecture
>circuit, and so decided to take a new tack, in expectation of better
>attendance.

>Or maybe the Singularity AI is already here, and told him to keep a
>low profile.

>Nothing above, though, should be construed to read that I do not still
>think there will likely be a Singularity AI on about the schedule he
>already suggested.  I also still think the chances it will be "friendly" 
>are
>slim to none.

I don't think we would have much to worry about the "friendliness" of the 
Singularity AI. Making artificial intelligence has proven far more difficult 
than anticipated and I believe we will eventually have to base any 
successful AI on the structure of our own brains. Humans and Machines will 
merge into a new entity, Mind enormously amplified by the speed, resilience 
and accuracy of the Machine. Yes, humans as we know them will probably 
vanish when the Singularity occurs, but they won't simply go extinct. They 
will instead enter a new mode of existence, one we can scarcely imagine, 
just like an amoeba could never imagine the sort of world humans live in 
today.

Francois

Good health is merely the slowest
possible rate at which one can die. 

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