Interesting. Like the Terminator Skynet idea. The nanotech remarks in the wikipedia article make me a little concerned--ever since I heard about the Grey Goo scenario on the Art Bell show.
Personally, I'm enough of an ecologist that I have great respect for nature, believing that "nature bats last," meaning that ecological constraints on human population and civilization levels will sooner or later impose severe material restrictions on technological invention or its directions.
If ecological disasters don't reduce population significantly, then we will have to spend so much time and so many resources feeding ourselves and surviving, maintaining a certain carrying capacity, that AI projects will dwindle in perceived importance.
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Dig the Vinge. Want to learn more about the Tech Singularity.
Interesting. Like the Terminator Skynet idea. The nanotech remarks in the wikipedia article make me a little concerned--ever since I heard about the Grey Goo scenario on the Art Bell show.
Personally, I'm enough of an ecologist that I have great respect for nature, believing that "nature bats last," meaning that ecological constraints on human population and civilization levels will sooner or later impose severe material restrictions on technological invention or its directions.
If ecological disasters don't reduce population significantly, then we will have to spend so much time and so many resources feeding ourselves and surviving, maintaining a certain carrying capacity, that AI projects will dwindle in perceived importance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity