limits of lifespan

[Brian Atkins]

Bill Humphries wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at 02:16 PM, Brian Atkins wrote:
> 
> > Singularity will take care of you by 2030 IMO.
> > Just don't do anything stupid like getting killed in a car wreck. Shame
> > to miss out on all this when we are so close.
> 
> I know you mean the Vingian Singularity, but whenever you say that, the
> first thing I flash on is that other type of singularity passing
> close-by and ripping everything to gravel and magma with the tidal
> forces.

Yeah but it is a pretty well co-opted term at this point. Like people
talking about Moore's Law when they really mean computing flops or
somesuch. Even search engines know what I mean- go type in singularity
on Teoma or Google for instance.

> Meanwhile, new bumper sticker:
> 
> "In case of Singularity, please park your Lexus at the side of the road
> and leave the keys in it before uploading."\
> 

We're hoping our AI will buy into the idea of having a disembodied Cleese
voice shout "And now for something _completely_ different..."
simultaneously around the planet ;-)
-- 
Brian Atkins
Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/