Are we giving robots too much power? |
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Friday, March 21, 2008
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Anonymous said...
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Way back in the 60s, I took my cue from the SciFi writers and predicted the transition from subservient to self-programming, self-reproducing, self-aware robots would be around mid-21st century.
I have since amended that, pushing the date up to somewhere around 2020 as the time robots would become aware of their awareness and commence original thought, self-direction, and a sense of self-determination . . . free will, if you prefer.
Writers refer to it as a "singularity," an event with profound and irreversible effects on advanced societies and the business of being human.
I will be long gone by that date, and there's damned little I could do to influence the event one way or another, but I do not think it bodes well for my grandchildren and their progeny. -
3/21/08, 9:45 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Shoulda added this to my comment (above), but here's an example of what's out there on the general topic of "singularity":
http://www.singinst.org/overview/whatisthesingularity/ -
3/21/08, 9:50 AM
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Anonymous said...
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Oh, swell...
something else to worry about.
-DougM -
3/21/08, 8:52 PM
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