This comes from a group chat. okay guys and ladies, of course so I’ve been doing this thing called lifelogging basically the idea is to collect as much data about your life as you can to optimize it and create a record and such using version control software is doing it, because you’re tracking how … [Read more…]
This essay is in response to The End Is A.I.: The Singularity Is Sci-Fi’s Faith-Based Initiative. In futurist circles there’s the idea of the Singularity, a point in time when artificial intelligence grows so intelligent that it can make itself even more intelligent, causing it to rapidly surpass human intelligence. The term “singularity” is inherently … [Read more…]
To think of a human as a physical body is completely backward. Humans are not bodies. Humans are minds. Humans are technology. When you pick up a rock and use it as a hammer, it’s mind that’s doing that. When you use Google to tap the intelligence of the Internet, it’s mind doing that. There … [Read more…]
I believe minds are strange loops: level-crossing feedback loops. My understanding is that they are systems that edit how they edit themselves. This post is about self-improving artificial intelligences, which I believe are strange loops. The question is, could there be a class of strange loops that tend to increase in complexity? What environment would … [Read more…]
Let’s talk about evil artificial intelligence. From Terminator to The Matrix, humans have feared computers taking over the world. I think there are great reasons why that’s unlikely: 1. Intelligence is hard to model. 2. Self-improving intelligence may be even harder. 3. Intelligence requires cooperation. 4. Intelligence grows. It is not a switch that is … [Read more…]
A great question that humanity faces is this: Given the age and size of the Universe, why don’t we see evidence of alien civilizations? This is the so-called Fermi Paradox: “Where is everybody?” My interpretation had always been the very pessimistic view that technological civilizations self-destruct. Meaning, atomic bombs or super-virulent viruses are created that … [Read more…]