Singularity: The Wrap Up
Regardless what side of the fence you stand on concerning singularity especially if you are against it for it is human nature not to fully understand or at least study what they are against or do not understand. Singularity is not something to write off as some over active imagination of science fiction writers, for it is not. All way has to do is follow the progression of the modern computer. The latest Game Boy Advance or Sony Portable Player that you purchase for your child has more power than the computer NASA used for the first mission to the moon.
Technology moves at a fast rate and is very subtle almost quiet with the effect it has on you. Look at things that you already take for granted that have occurred from the improvement of technology just small things like direct deposit, accessing information from all of the world that once required hours and volumes of books and course endless time spent at your local library. Online bill paying, online shopping no more holiday rushing etc etc... small things that are now part of your everyday life.
With Singularity we are talking about the creation of technology with greater than human intelligence which in turn will produce machines with even more intelligence get it....
What are the implications of a fully automated society? Some fear 100% of human unemployment on the flip side ideas will spread faster than ever will the rise of humankind be in the post human area?
Can Singularity happen? All signs point to its eventuality and to opponents of singularity the scariest part is there might not be a way to stop it or contain it. Any laws banning technology or attempting to contain it will drive it underground or may make other countries to be the first to develop it. Imagine the military and economical advantage an individual or even country can have if they were the only ones in pursuit of creating machines that may develop super human intelligence.
The best is yet to come Vernor Vinge and his theory on Intelligence Amplification is amazing. For Vinge moves from an AI scenario to an IA (intelligence amplification) which is computer networks and human computer interfaces.
Venor Vinge on Intelligence Amplification
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And it's very likely that IA is a much easier road to the
achievement of superhumanity than pure AI. In humans, the hardest
development problems have already been solved. Building up from within
ourselves ought to be easier than figuring out first what we really
are and then building machines that are all of that. And there is at
least conjectural precedent for this approach. Cairns-Smith has
speculated that biological life may have begun as an adjunct to still
more primitive life based on crystalline growth. Lynn Margulis (in
and elsewhere) has made strong arguments that mutualism is a
great driving force in evolution.
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Technology moves at a fast rate and is very subtle almost quiet with the effect it has on you. Look at things that you already take for granted that have occurred from the improvement of technology just small things like direct deposit, accessing information from all of the world that once required hours and volumes of books and course endless time spent at your local library. Online bill paying, online shopping no more holiday rushing etc etc... small things that are now part of your everyday life.
With Singularity we are talking about the creation of technology with greater than human intelligence which in turn will produce machines with even more intelligence get it....
What are the implications of a fully automated society? Some fear 100% of human unemployment on the flip side ideas will spread faster than ever will the rise of humankind be in the post human area?
Can Singularity happen? All signs point to its eventuality and to opponents of singularity the scariest part is there might not be a way to stop it or contain it. Any laws banning technology or attempting to contain it will drive it underground or may make other countries to be the first to develop it. Imagine the military and economical advantage an individual or even country can have if they were the only ones in pursuit of creating machines that may develop super human intelligence.
The best is yet to come Vernor Vinge and his theory on Intelligence Amplification is amazing. For Vinge moves from an AI scenario to an IA (intelligence amplification) which is computer networks and human computer interfaces.
Venor Vinge on Intelligence Amplification
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And it's very likely that IA is a much easier road to the
achievement of superhumanity than pure AI. In humans, the hardest
development problems have already been solved. Building up from within
ourselves ought to be easier than figuring out first what we really
are and then building machines that are all of that. And there is at
least conjectural precedent for this approach. Cairns-Smith has
speculated that biological life may have begun as an adjunct to still
more primitive life based on crystalline growth. Lynn Margulis (in
and elsewhere) has made strong arguments that mutualism is a
great driving force in evolution.
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