Singularity
Lies, Damned Lies, and Deus Ex
17/04/05 19:34
When I started goofing around with computing and
technology nearly twenty-five years ago I was told
that the machine waited on me more than I waited on
it. And, that computers would make us so productive
that our work weeks would begin to get shorter.
They lied. Read More...
They lied. Read More...
A Singularity?
30/05/04 20:02
"Here I had tried a straightforward extrapolation of
technology, and found myself precipitated over an
abyss. It's a problem we face every time we consider
the creation of intelligences greater than our own.
When this happens, human history will have reached a
kind of singularity - a place where extrapolation
breaks down and new models must be applied - and the
world will pass beyond our understanding." -- Vernor
Vinge
For millions of years the human mind has been the greatest force on the face of the planet Earth. In the next few decades our minds, our intellect, indeed humanities greatest works will pale in comparison to what will come to be in the future.
For millions of years the human mind has been the greatest force on the face of the planet Earth. In the next few decades our minds, our intellect, indeed humanities greatest works will pale in comparison to what will come to be in the future.