by John » Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:19 am
Dear Vince,
vincecate wrote:
> First a little typo. Where you have "occur around 2020" it seems
> you meant to have "occur around 2030".
> You sometimes point out that the actions of a single politician
> can't change the generational cycle. I think the singularity is
> like this. What IBM does today probably does not really change
> when the singularity will come.
Thanks for the correction.
That would be true if IBM were working alone, but researchers around
the world are all working on Singularity-related technology,
especially for warfare. What IBM has done that's unique is bring
forward this Jeopardy application.
John
Dear Vince,
[quote="vincecate"]
> First a little typo. Where you have "occur around 2020" it seems
> you meant to have "occur around 2030".
> You sometimes point out that the actions of a single politician
> can't change the generational cycle. I think the singularity is
> like this. What IBM does today probably does not really change
> when the singularity will come. :-)[/quote]
Thanks for the correction.
That would be true if IBM were working alone, but researchers around
the world are all working on Singularity-related technology,
especially for warfare. What IBM has done that's unique is bring
forward this Jeopardy application.
John