From: Richard Loosemore (rpwl@lightlink.com)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2006 - 07:04:59 MDT
Joshua Fox wrote:
> A minute ago (19:38 GMT on 23 July) I heard an NPR piece on the
> Singularity (through their npr.org stream), featuring interviews with
> Vinge and Doctorow. Very focused on the Singularity message.Couldn't
> find anything to fault. They even followed up their mention of the
> Borg by pointing out that this is a Hollywood cliche to be contrasted
> with serious prediction, just as if they've read Yudkowsky's warnings
> on the follies of fiction.
Eh? Yudkowsky's warnings on the follies of fiction? Common knowledge.
And others have been issuing such warnings since Y. was in diapers.
R
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