Re[2]: Catholics and the Singularity

From: Cliff Stabbert (cps46@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 14:56:41 MDT


Wednesday, July 17, 2002, 3:09:59 PM, Dani Eder wrote:

DE> The canonical joke in this vein goes:

DE> AI researcher to AI: "Is there a god?"

DE> AI to researcher: "There is now."

DE> Dani

I had always read this as "the AI wakes up and takes over the world"
-- i.e., the plot of many a hackneyed 50s novel -- but recently saw
this interpreted as "there is now, because you just created life".

--
Cliff


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