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The singularity prediction relies on a trend of technological advances that is ever increasing. The only thing it forgets is that resources are not infinite. He
by FiReaNG3L 18y ago
The singularity prediction relies on a trend of technological advances that is ever increasing. The only thing it forgets is that resources are not infinite. Hey, bacteria on a plate grow exponentially, but eventually they run out of resources and just die.
- jksmith 18y agoMaybe the universe is a closed system, but reaching the "Singularity" before we reach maximum entropy is probably more likely.
- scott_s 18y agoOur "plate" is probably not all of the known universe. We may never leave this solar system.
- jksmith 18y agoWhich makes for another interesting issue. Some Packlid may be reading this and thinking, "What do you mean "we" human?" Kurzweil may still (already) be proven right, whether we make it happen or not. Just some whimsy for thought.
- GHFigs 18y agoWhat makes you think that?
- scott_s 18y agoCharles Stross, a science fiction writer, has an interesting essay about the difficulties involved: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high_frontier_redux.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high... His conclusion is that it's unlikely, and I agree.