Interesting, if a bit of a downer, regarding the singularity, particularly since I'm at the moment reading Stross's "Accelerando", which is all about the Singularity happening in the next few decades.
But hey, it's fiction.
Funny that he reckons that in order for a singularity (i.e. emergence of a super-intelligence) to make a difference to 99.99% of us, it needs to be "interested in us" - and suggests that this would be unlucky. I'm not so sure about that.
But hey, it's fiction.
Funny that he reckons that in order for a singularity (i.e. emergence of a super-intelligence) to make a difference to 99.99% of us, it needs to be "interested in us" - and suggests that this would be unlucky. I'm not so sure about that.