[FRIAM] singularity

[Carlos Gershenson]

Dear Bill,
>
> Well, you note, " How the hell do you program a human mind in there???
> It takes us several years just to learn to talk!"
>
> Part of the answer is, "We just copy the ability from computer to  
> computer".

I agree, but we are still very far from doing it for only one machine!


>  But our external knowledge and technology cumulate,
> so in 2016 we'll be able to organize computer knowledge much better  
> than we do know,

Also agree, but what I claim is that maybe the evolution of software  
is not exponential, as it is with hardware, so there would be no  
singularity in sight...

>
> Whether this all leads to a singularity followed by the Cyberiad,
> or simply continues as a long-term symbiotic relationship (man and  
> dog, computer and man),
> I don't know - I favor the latter.

Me too.

Best regards,

     Carlos Gershenson...
     Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
     Krijgskundestraat 33. B-1160 Brussels, Belgium
     http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~cgershen/

   “Tendencies tend to change...”


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