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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:25 PM Original message |
update on the Singularity |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's all fun and games... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. call me copper top... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Good point. The red pill was f'ing overrated. n/t |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. lmao |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. The humans will give us the machines with which we will destroy them. |
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chaplainM (744 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I, for one, welcome our new mechanical overlords |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. I always looked at "The Terminator" as a cautionary tale......... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. caution: "please do not ever elect this cyborg as governator" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Personally, I welcome our new sentient robot overlords. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. yes, i remember, "SOYLENT GREEN is ROBOT POOP!!" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's always good for a laugh... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ahhh, the daily fear cascade.. (nt) |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. no fear. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. "maybe the machines will give us universal health care." |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. nuisance, crabs, perhaps a virus... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't think that robots or machines will ever attain humanity's intuition, curiosity, etc |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The brain is a machine. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That would assume we could discover exactly how our brain works, and program a machine similarly |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Define "real emotions". |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Love, hate, happiness, sadness, greed, envy, pride, etc |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Well, as I said, to think and make complex decisions require emotions. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sapient AI will be the death knell in dualistic belief in souls and similar nonsense |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. And we've already created the perfect vehicle for them to function within our society, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think there's an upper limit to computing power. |
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