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Will the Singularity turn us into gods or end the human race?
- nacker 14y agoBOTH would seem to be an optimal outcome for us and the other lifeforms on this planet.
- chhhris 14y agoWelcome to the future, boys and girls.
- bproper 14y agoI don't know. Seems to me like artificial intelligence hasn't lived up to the hype. We've had great progress in increasing processor speeds, but not as much luck at the Turing test.
- btipling 14y agoYes, there's actually a term for the failure of the hype: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_winter I think AI is currently in the phase of failing to live up to short term expectation while its long term implications are underestimated.
- token78 14y ago"The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots" -Billy Connolly