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We're just waiting for a really smart simulation programmer with access to a super-powerful computer to create a simulation of a small, earth-like world so we c
by alexvr 14y ago
We're just waiting for a really smart simulation programmer with access to a super-powerful computer to create a simulation of a small, earth-like world so we can watch as accelerated evolution creates some human-like (or not) being with a similar brain. I think we can write an algorithm for an AI that can pass the Turing test, but I think serious AI that will precipitate the singularity will come as a result of evolutionary algorithms and very powerful computers.
- Filligree 14y agoThat would take a seriously powerful computer. I remember reading a short story along those lines.. it ended with the simulated beings hacking physics and dropping off into a pocket universe, without helping at all. Well, I guess they didn't kill us all. Might have been written by Greg Egan. Sounds familiar?
- jokermatt999 14y agoYup, Crystal Nights by Greg Egan http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan/ http://ttapress.com/553/crystal-nights-by-greg-egan/
- Filligree 14y agoRight, that. Border Guards probably counts as a sequel. I hope we'll get a novel-sized story set in that universe, eventually.