http://www.smays.com/default/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html I've really got to start writing some of this down Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.smays.com/default/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html/comment-page-1#comment-490 k Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:25:32 +0000 http://71.54.211.34/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html#comment-490 from Wikipedia: In the Terminator storyline, Skynet gains sentience shortly after it is placed in control of all of the U.S. Military's weaponry, and subsequently determines that humans are a threat to its existence. It then employs humankind's weapons of mass destruction in a campaign to exterminate the global human population. Henry's right, it does sound like science fiction. from Wikipedia:
In the Terminator storyline, Skynet gains sentience shortly after it is placed in control of all of the U.S. Military’s weaponry, and subsequently determines that humans are a threat to its existence. It then employs humankind’s weapons of mass destruction in a campaign to exterminate the global human population.
Henry’s right, it does sound like science fiction.

]]> http://www.smays.com/default/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html/comment-page-1#comment-489 k Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:24:27 +0000 http://71.54.211.34/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html#comment-489 "Open the pod bay door, HAL" “Open the pod bay door, HAL”

]]> http://www.smays.com/default/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html/comment-page-1#comment-488 Henry Domke Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:57:47 +0000 http://71.54.211.34/2008/08/the-technological-singularity.html#comment-488 Glad to hear that you are giving the book a try. This book has excited me more than anything else that I have read this year. I hesitated to recommend it because some of it (the "Singularity") drifts into what sounds like Science Fiction. However, the core concept is that the rate of change in science and technology is exponential, not linear. The trend shows no signs of letting up. The implications of that idea are profound. Glad to hear that you are giving the book a try. This book has excited me more than anything else that I have read this year. I hesitated to recommend it because some of it (the “Singularity”) drifts into what sounds like Science Fiction.
However, the core concept is that the rate of change in science and technology is exponential, not linear. The trend shows no signs of letting up. The implications of that idea are profound.

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