Comments on: The Singularity is Not Near http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near Information, Culture, and Belief Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: walker http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-3032 walker Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:52:31 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-3032 the singularity is different from traditional religion although i do not deny that it is the newest incarnation of a human desire for immortality and some religious concepts, but the true difference is that no transhumanist or person believing in this singularity can tell you with out doubt of what specifically will happen because even in this concept a giant meteor destroying the earth is possible and there will be no divine intervention to save humanity if its destroyed before the singularity. also no one intelligent any way thinks it will be a perfect Eden with out issues because technology is a double edged sword and there will always be issues. have you seen they have robotic arms and legs controlled by the mind and nerves they have implants so the blind can see mind reading helmets you can buy i would say we are in the singularity admittedly in the early stages the iPad is just first generation external mental enhancement. i think the question isn't when machines beat human intelligence but rather when do we decide invasive implants and physical advancement is acceptable because im sure in some respects its not yet. also i personally believe the first true AI will use neurons on micro chips and be sort of a have biological half mechanical being that actually in some respects has a soul because each chip will be different due to the neurons. they have done this experiment on rat brains and neurons each set of neurons behaves differently and can think and learn. when we perfect this i think we will have crossed a boundary you say is impossible to quantify. the singularity is different from traditional religion although i do not deny that it is the newest incarnation of a human desire for immortality and some religious concepts, but the true difference is that no transhumanist or person believing in this singularity can tell you with out doubt of what specifically will happen because even in this concept a giant meteor destroying the earth is possible and there will be no divine intervention to save humanity if its destroyed before the singularity. also no one intelligent any way thinks it will be a perfect Eden with out issues because technology is a double edged sword and there will always be issues. have you seen they have robotic arms and legs controlled by the mind and nerves they have implants so the blind can see mind reading helmets you can buy i would say we are in the singularity admittedly in the early stages the iPad is just first generation external mental enhancement. i think the question isn’t when machines beat human intelligence but rather when do we decide invasive implants and physical advancement is acceptable because im sure in some respects its not yet. also i personally believe the first true AI will use neurons on micro chips and be sort of a have biological half mechanical being that actually in some respects has a soul because each chip will be different due to the neurons. they have done this experiment on rat brains and neurons each set of neurons behaves differently and can think and learn. when we perfect this i think we will have crossed a boundary you say is impossible to quantify.

]]> By: Kaylie http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-2889 Kaylie Sun, 15 May 2011 16:19:46 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-2889 I'm not easily impressed. . . but that's impersnisg me! :) I’m not easily impressed. . . but that’s impersnisg me! :)

]]> By: ivan http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-884 ivan Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:53:19 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-884 Everything in this post is true, thanks for posting it To continue with the religious comparison, which is very accurate, the singularity is much like the second coming or the rapture - a blissful time which shall be visited upon all who believe, for which you don't have to do anything. Of course no one can know what it is because it is beyond mere human intellect. Everything in this post is true, thanks for posting it

To continue with the religious comparison, which is very accurate, the singularity is much like the second coming or the rapture – a blissful time which shall be visited upon all who believe, for which you don’t have to do anything. Of course no one can know what it is because it is beyond mere human intellect.

]]> By: Mentifex http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-778 Mentifex Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:05:58 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-778 The http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/NewConcept module of the AI Mind (in Forth or JavaScript) achieves machine learning by creating a new concept from any unrecognized English word. The AI Mind can not play chess because the AI is still very primitive and is still growing its ability to engage in self-referential thought. Language translation will be possible in mentifex-class AI minds by virtue of the fact that each AI Mind is capable of being programmed with both an English lexical array and, say, a German lexical array. Then thinking in the deep Psi concept array will be expressed in either English or German, or both during translation and interpreting. What looks like a "word association toy" is indeed machine intelligence and has already spawned http://AIMind-i.com as a branch in the evolution of machine minds. So there :-) The http://code.google.com/p/mindforth/wiki/NewConcept module of the AI Mind (in Forth or JavaScript) achieves machine learning by creating a new concept from any unrecognized English word. The AI Mind can not play chess because the AI is still very primitive and is still growing its ability to engage in self-referential thought. Language translation will be possible in mentifex-class AI minds by virtue of the fact that each AI Mind is capable of being programmed with both an English lexical array and, say, a German lexical array. Then thinking in the deep Psi concept array will be expressed in either English or German, or both during translation and interpreting. What looks like a “word association toy” is indeed machine intelligence and has already spawned http://AIMind-i.com as a branch in the evolution of machine minds. So there :-)

]]> By: admin http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-774 admin Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:47:21 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-774 Mentifex: your little word association toy is not machine intelligence. It cannot learn, for one thing. And you couldn't use it to execute even well-understood AI tasks such as chess playing or language translation. Mentifex: your little word association toy is not machine intelligence. It cannot learn, for one thing. And you couldn’t use it to execute even well-understood AI tasks such as chess playing or language translation.

]]> By: Mentifex http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-773 Mentifex Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:52 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-773 Machine intelligence is the associative thinking embodied in the http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/AiMind.html software as described in the http://mind.sourceforge.net/theory5.html theory of mind. Machine intelligence is the associative thinking embodied in the http://www.scn.org/~mentifex/AiMind.html software as described in the http://mind.sourceforge.net/theory5.html theory of mind.

]]> By: admin http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-769 admin Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:05:46 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-769 Ok, then what is it? Ok, then what is it?

]]> By: Mentifex http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-767 Mentifex Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:30:13 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-767 You say "nobody knows what machine intelligence is." Guess again. You say “nobody knows what machine intelligence is.” Guess again.

]]> By: Vixcou http://jonathanstray.com/the-singularity-is-not-near/comment-page-1#comment-693 Vixcou Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:55:22 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=40#comment-693 intelligence -- the ability to understand and benefit from past experience. intelligence — the ability to understand and benefit from past experience.

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