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I've always gotta throw in a plug for my favorite sci fi novel Blindsight (available to read free on the internet: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm ht
by RevRal 10y ago
I've always gotta throw in a plug for my favorite sci fi novel Blindsight (available to read free on the internet: http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm) when I see threads like this.
- sehr 10y agoThe core idea of that novel was so ridiculously alien and interesting, couldn't put it down when I first read it. Fantastic book, great hard sci fi. His rifters trilogy was decent too, got a bit wacky in the last 2 books but still a fun read
- ViolentCheese 10y agoConvince me to read it please.
- gbhn 10y agoBlindsight is a very compelling exploration of the idea that there may be different roles of consciousness in advanced intelligence. We know that a conscious decision on say the visual processing loop ends up costing 120ms or so. Why is this a good thing? What if you can have advanced intelligence without consciousness? Some work in AI (and some worries people have about AI) suggests this may be a real possibility as well. The end result for me ends up being a much more intense feeling of the kinds of varieties of intelligence that may exist in the galaxy, or that we may end up creating ourselves.
- jholman 10y agoHey. Just read it start to finish, since reading your comment. It was good. Thanks!