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The Singularity. http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html I think Vinge explains it better than Kurzweil.
by binaryfinery 16y ago
The Singularity.
http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html
I think Vinge explains it better than Kurzweil.
- evanrmurphy 16y agoVinge's "superhuman intelligence" rhetoric bothers me because it suggests that intelligence is a one-dimensional quantity. I don't think this makes sense except in the context of specific domains. For example, a basic calculator has superhuman intelligence when it comes to arithmetic, because it can evaluate arbitrary expressions much faster than a human can and doesn't make mistakes. But it's dumb about everything else. Update: The child comment by binaryfinery points to where Vinge addresses this. Sorry, I failed to add the disclaimer that I only skimmed the article.
- binaryfinery 16y agoFTFA: "Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any any man however clever"