OSNews > Thread > "Singularity and AI's" by Nex6

Linked by Eugenia Loli on Sun 9th Sep 2007 21:06 UTC

Technologists and investors gather at the two-day Singularity Summit in San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of advancing artificial intelligence--and what to do in the event that machines one day out-think humans.

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Singularity and AI's

by Nex6 on Mon 10th Sep 2007 04:09 UTC

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2005-07-06

more or less, Singularity is when the future point in history is not only unpredictable and vastly different from how we live today.

AI, Nano, ect all play into it.

-Nex6

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RE: Singularity and AI's

by Gullible Jones on Mon 10th Sep 2007 04:41 in reply to "Singularity and AI's"

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2006-05-23

Haven't we already been through one then? Haven't we already been through a dozen, for that matter?

(The electronic revolution. The industrial revolution. The agricultural revolution. They've said the next one will be biotech; I'm not sure, but it sounds like a decent bet.)

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RE[2]: Singularity and AI's

by Nex6 on Mon 10th Sep 2007 05:37 in reply to "RE: Singularity and AI's"

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2005-07-06

yes, becuase I am sure a scienitist form 1800 could not have foreseen in anyway the techonlogical socieity we have.

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