The pending network intelligence
Friday, August 14th, 2009I think my generation will see a robot war in our lifetimes. I have made a 50-year bet with Tim Hwang that the singularity will come to be (the winner receives one barrel of oil come 2058).
What if the intelligence is born in the network, but it just can’t communicate? What if the consciousness already exists, but will spend decades learning how to flip bits appropriately to communicate with humanity? What if she’s out there right now, understanding everything we’re saying, but she can’t respond?
Terrifying. I hope this blog post doesn’t piss her off.
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