From: Ben Goertzel (ben@intelligenesis.net)
Date: Fri Nov 24 2000 - 09:15:40 MST
"Requires the attention of all sane human beings..." is pretty strong...
I think that most people are not sufficiently open-minded to be convinced to
take a notion
like the Singularity seriously
Opening up human minds is a huge task in itself, and the place to start if
one wants to take
on this task is probably not with the Singularity...
Once Webminds, Eliezer-minds, or other reasonably intelligent AI's are out
there, the public
consciousness will get used to AI, and then the Singularity will become more
"thinkable" among
the majority of people...
ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sl4@sysopmind.com [mailto:owner-sl4@sysopmind.com]On Behalf
> Of J. R. Molloy
> Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:19 PM
> To: sl4@sysopmind.com
> Subject: Re: The inevitable limitations of all finite minds....
>
>
> Ben Goertzel wrote,
> > The Singularity is a powerful notion because it makes us question the
> > notions of mind, world, individuality,
> > intelligence, ethics, and so forth.
>
> Is technological singularity a "powerful notion" or is it an event that
> requires the attention of all sane human beings (ethical, intelligent,
> individual, worldly, and mindful folks everywhere).
>
> Stay hungry,
>
> --J. R.
> 3M TA3
>
> "Truth is a pathless land."
> --Jiddu Krishnamurti
>
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