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re: How does the OT feel about the technological singularity?
Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:34 pm to White Russian
Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:34 pm to White Russian
I had a professor try to teach us about that last semester. I still have no fricking clue what any of it means.
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Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:51 pm to xXLSUXx
One, i had no idea he worked for google now. Last book i read was spiritual machines some time ago. I've just been watching the shite come true and it's petty impressive.
Two, it's pretty easy to criticize when someone's making predictions on shite he cant possibly have data on. By its very nature, future tech is unknowable.
I'm optimistic about it. Honestly drunk at the moment, but optimistic. I'll probably be cynical and hungover tomorrow at work, 'we'll kill each other before we ever reach that level' will be a likely post from me tomorrow morning.
Two, it's pretty easy to criticize when someone's making predictions on shite he cant possibly have data on. By its very nature, future tech is unknowable.
I'm optimistic about it. Honestly drunk at the moment, but optimistic. I'll probably be cynical and hungover tomorrow at work, 'we'll kill each other before we ever reach that level' will be a likely post from me tomorrow morning.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:59 pm to White Russian
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How does the OT feel about all of this?
AI is not going to be a real thing until quantum computing is developed.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:06 pm to White Russian
Nm
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 4:48 am to xXLSUXx
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He has some interesting TED talks as well
Just checked out a TED talk of his, good stuff. Gracias
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:13 am to White Russian
we are so far away from true "thinking machines" that the singularity is laughable at this point. raw computing power is really just a number of calculations per second and doesn't produce any real independent thought, and our best AI are still just reading commands from a list of programmed inputs/outputs. sure some of them are sophisticated but they are a far cry from "strong AI".
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:54 am to gorillacoco
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we are so far away from true "thinking machines" that the singularity is laughable at this point.
Yep
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raw computing power is really just a number of calculations per second and doesn't produce any real independent thought, and our best AI are still just reading commands from a list of programmed inputs/outputs. sure some of them are sophisticated but they are a far cry from "strong AI"
And yep.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 8:58 am to Schwartz
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You mean like motherfrickin' Skynet?
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:44 pm to White Russian
358 day old bump because there was a thread about this today that got deleted because the OP was a fagot.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:57 pm to LucasP
70 pages about a bunch of grown men playing dress up and shooting at each other and we can't discuss this at all? frick all of you, I hate you and I hate this place. 
Posted on 5/19/15 at 3:58 pm to LucasP
Dude I just tripped balls after reading my post, thought I was in the matrix until I noticed the one year mark. I remember this thread like it was a year ago!
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:02 pm to mailman
nick bostrom is my go to go on any futuristic discussion. He's on point, read some of his papers and tell me what you think. I read several of them back in college
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:03 pm to mailman
Woops
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Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:05 pm to mailman
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nick bostrom
Will definitely check him out, thank you.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:08 pm to gorillacoco
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we are so far away from true "thinking machines" that the singularity is laughable at this point.
Maybe, but...
You gotta admit this is a little scary.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:12 pm to gorillacoco
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we are so far away from true "thinking machines" that the singularity is laughable at this point
We're really not, we should have the human brain reverse-engineered soon. Once the mechanics are understood it shouldn't be implausible to recreate it then improve it right?
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:23 pm to LucasP
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We're really not, we should have the human brain reverse-engineered soon. Once the mechanics are understood it shouldn't be implausible to recreate it then improve it right?
Human DNA has been mapped since the 90's. I don't see human clones anywhere yet...
The raw computing power will eventually get there.
Quantum computing is on the horizon and will be the next stage in our current "Information Revolution"
Wired Article on Quantum Computing
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:26 pm to Tigeralum2008
I could have sworn my toaster was watching me this morning
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:30 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Human DNA has been mapped since the 90's. I don't see human clones anywhere yet...
But the technology is not only feasible but inevitable. There's already debate on the morality of it not because it's fun but because it's going to be a reality soon.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 4:36 pm to OMLandshark
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Or we could merge with them and keep up.
The thing is, what is the point of keeping separate conciousness at this point? Ie why should you, I, my wife stick around as separate entities?
Once humans merge and lose their biological components, why continue with multiple machine/man intelligences?
Seems like at that point the "intelligent" thing to do is get rid of competing influences. You don't need other "minds" for progress, just more hardware for calculations.
This post was edited on 5/19/15 at 4:39 pm
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