[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dezakin', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Q')uite right. A civilization is capable of turning all the matter in the galaxy towards its goals, but cant create matter from nothing. What is your argument?

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')Kunstler could at least write a satirical Clusterf*ck Nation piece on the Singularity and the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference which just might elicit some response from them. But he's not feeling cocky enough.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')Kunstler could at least write a satirical Clusterf*ck Nation piece on the Singularity and the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference which just might elicit some response from them. But he's not feeling cocky enough.

[Carlhole]

[web]http://singularity.com/themovie/[/web]

NEW MOVIE: The Singularity Is Nearcoming soon to a theatre near you.

[Carlhole]

[align=center][/align]

I have an 8 1/2" carriage return.


...you know you want me.

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')Kunstler could at least write a satirical Clusterf*ck Nation piece on the Singularity and the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference which just might elicit some response from them. But he's not feeling cocky enough.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')Kunstler could at least write a satirical Clusterf*ck Nation piece on the Singularity and the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference which just might elicit some response from them. But he's not feeling cocky enough.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')Kunstler could at least write a satirical Clusterf*ck Nation piece on the Singularity and the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference which just might elicit some response from them. But he's not feeling cocky enough.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he intertwined B-line is the story of Ramona, Ray Kurzweil’s female alter ego, starting with actual footage of Kurzweil creating and demonstrating his virtual creation at the 2001 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, where Ray -- as Ramona -- sang Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit.” This presentation was the inspiration for the Warner Brothers’ movie Simone, where the character played by Al Pacino turns himself into Simone, just as Ray turned himself into Ramona at TED.
The B-line continues as Ramona goes into the future where she becomes more and more humanlike and independent, a Pinocchio story. She combats an attack of self-replicating nanobots (gray goo) and hires Alan Dershowitz (who plays himself ) to press for her legal rights as a “person.” The judge rules that he will grant her full legal personhood if she passes a “Turing test,” in which she must appear indistinguishable from an actual human in a text conversation. She gets coaching from Tony Robbins (who plays himself ) to become “more human.” The story continues from here. . . .

[Dezakin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dezakin', '
')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Q')uite right. A civilization is capable of turning all the matter in the galaxy towards its goals, but cant create matter from nothing. What is your argument?

[Dezakin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') am arguing with a complete idiot if you insist on comparing flat-earthers to the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), or to IBM's Blue Brain Project, or to the Chief Technology Officer at Intel Corporation or to any of all the top scientists featured in the IEEE's recent issue of The Spectrum:

[gampy]

Hey fellas (and fillys),

Sorry if this might be a little off-topic, but have A.I. researchers ever tried getting their Big Blues (or whatever computing machines they have devised) to create art? Or music? I would imagine that this would be indicative of a higher intelligence. Well...not necessarily higher, but more akin to human intelligence. I would surmise that art requires emotion, and logic together.

Also, what is the most recent technological "game-changer"?

By that I mean something like the transistor, or silicon chip.

I am trying to think of an innovation in the last five years that might move us further along this path to SINGULARITY.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dezakin', '
')Now you're being pedantic. I merely meant that any civilization that develops artificial intelligence isn't limited to one star, and will exploit all physically possible avenues of engineering to expand. In time this swallows much of the dense baryonic matter in the galaxy.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gampy', 'H')ey fellas (and fillys),

Sorry if this might be a little off-topic, but have A.I. researchers ever tried getting their Big Blues (or whatever computing machines they have devised) to create art? Or music? I would imagine that this would be indicative of a higher intelligence. Well...not necessarily higher, but more akin to human intelligence. I would surmise that art requires emotion, and logic together.

Also, what is the most recent technological "game-changer"?

By that I mean something like the transistor, or silicon chip.

I am trying to think of an innovation in the last five years that might move us further along this path to SINGULARITY.

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')orry if this might be a little off-topic, but have A.I. researchers ever tried getting their Big Blues (or whatever computing machines they have devised) to create art? Or music? I would imagine that this would be indicative of a higher intelligence. Well...not necessarily higher, but more akin to human intelligence. I would surmise that art requires emotion, and logic together.

[gampy]

Hmmmm...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he problem is, parallel programming software is very difficult and complex to write - at least for the average applications programmer out there. So there is a big push on to correct this deficiency so that applications can take advantage of all the immense processing power enabled by multiple processors.

[Dezakin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dezakin', '
')Now you're being pedantic. I merely meant that any civilization that develops artificial intelligence isn't limited to one star, and will exploit all physically possible avenues of engineering to expand. In time this swallows much of the dense baryonic matter in the galaxy.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '
')If the world runs into energy problems, then we will begin to lose those things which are incredibly energy intensive - like moving 3000 lb hunks of steel around the interstate highway system.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'F')or science to thrive adequate funding is needed. No funding means no science.
Billions of destitutes will rather think about filling stomachs first than about science. It is not a coincidence that consumerist, hedonistic societies are also most proficient in science. I would go further here and say that progress of science is only a mere byproduct of abundance.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'F')or science to thrive adequate funding is needed. No funding means no science.
Billions of destitutes will rather think about filling stomachs first than about science. It is not a coincidence that consumerist, hedonistic societies are also most proficient in science. I would go further here and say that progress of science is only a mere byproduct of abundance.