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Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:10 pm
by FishbellykanakaDude
Yeah,.. that'd be nifty, I suppose.
..but it ain't gonna happen, because the "cyber-ecosystem" isn't "fertile" enough (and most likely never will be) to allow the necessary "meta-learning" to happen.
Give it a few handfuls of years, and it may be, though. We'll see.
Aloha! <shaka!>
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 7:55 pm
by Tom Mazanec
handful = 5?
few = SQRT(10) ~3?
So about 15 years?
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:32 pm
by John
From the Bible:
Few, that is eight
http://biblehub.com/1_peter/3-20.htm
1 Peter 3:20
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:08 pm
by Tom Mazanec
So forty years?
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 7:54 pm
by FishbellykanakaDude
Tom Mazanec wrote:So forty years?
I'd go with 58 years (using the infamous "Rulers/People/Societies are weak after 58 Years" rule) IF (big if) the "cyber-ecosystem" isn't massively destroyed and is on the mend a "couple", or "short handful", of years after the War.
..let's see, that would be 2021+58=2079.
And it'll happen on June 6, 2079,.. due to the SQL-Server smalldatetime Field Wraparound Crisis™.
..all hail SQynet!
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:17 pm
by Tom Mazanec
Here is a link to the classic tale of the education and maturation of a hyperintelligent AI
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Roger Williams
http://localroger.com/prime-intellect/mopiidx.html
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:23 am
by John
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:24 pm
by Tom Mazanec
Excellent short story in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact for Nov-Dec 2018.
Body Drift by Cynthia Ward.
It is a Homage to Frederik Pohl's "Day Million".
Great depiction of post-Singularity life.
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:27 am
by Tom Mazanec
Several excellent short stories in the middle of this anthology:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003G93ZBI/re ... TF8&btkr=1
Re: Couple Singularity books
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:35 am
by Tom Mazanec