American - Writer | February 10, 1944 - 3
It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.
Vernor Vinge
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The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.
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Another symptom of progress toward the Singularity: ideas themselves should spread ever faster, and even the most radical will quickly become commonplace.
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The work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.
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But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.
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When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.
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IA is something that is proceeding very naturally, in most cases not even recognized by its developers for what it is.
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Note that I am not proposing that AI research be ignored or less funded.
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We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.
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