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Hans Moravec is really into space elevators. Is there some correlation between being an AI researcher and having an interest in space mega-engineering?
by twic 3y ago
Hans Moravec is really into space elevators. Is there some correlation between being an AI researcher and having an interest in space mega-engineering?
- Sharlin 3y agoAlmost certainly, simply because they both strongly correlate with being geeks. And SF geeks in particular. And the very particular sort of hard SF geek who feels right at home at Shock Level 4 [1]. [1] http://sl4.org/shocklevels.html http://sl4.org/shocklevels.html and literally on http://sl4.org/ http://sl4.org/
- dekhn 3y agoyes, it's known as the nerd space elevator strange attractor. It is frequently observed in nature with its related chaotic entities, the national-scale DC power grid attractor, and the singularity attractor (some argue that all these attractors are really just specific instances of the singularity attractor).
- gumby 3y agoIt's a nice hard problem with lots of juicy subproblems that you can work on even through the central problem (materials science) is nowhere near being solvable.
- martincmartin 3y agoJohn McCarthy was Moravec's PhD advisor.