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> Dr. Damien Broderick > Best known as a science fiction writer, Damien also wrote a book > called "The Spike" in XX, which was basically just like Kurzweil's > "The Singularity is Near", but too far ahead of its time (and > better-written).... Has edited some other books on futurist tech.. *** > Heat
ien Broderick Best known as a science fiction writer, Damien also wrote a book called "The Spike" in the late 1990s, which was basically just like Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near", but too far ahead of its time (and better-written).... Has edited some other books on futurist tech.. *5* Heather Kni
/ A friend of Minsky's, a 70-something cognitive science / math / AI guy from the UK. I always thought he was a deeper thinker about the mind than Marvin. Anyway I don't really know Marvin (though we had a couple brief F2F chats), whereas Aaron and I have talked a fair bit. He is an AGI skeptic; he t
••• Dr. Damien Broderick Best known as a science fiction writer, Damien also wrote a book called "The Spike" in XX, which was basically just like Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near", but too far ahead of its time (and better-written).... Has edited some other books on futurist tech.. ••• 7 EFTA_R1_
s/ A friend of Minsky's, a 70-something cognitive science / math / Al guy from the UK. I always thought he was a deeper thinker about the mind than Marvin. Anyway I don't really know Marvin (though we had a couple brief F2F chats), whereas Aaron and I have talked a fair bit. He is an AGI skeptic; he t
blication of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, the idea of technological advance leading to superintelligence is back in force. Some believers, Kurzweil included, regard this singularity as an opportunity: Humans can merge their brains with the superintelligence and thereby live forever. Others, such
visiting Marvin Minsky, one of the original AI pioneers, and asked him about Dan. “He’s our best current philosopher—the next Bertrand Russell,” said Marvin, adding that unlike traditional philosophers, Dan was a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and psycholo
blication of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, the idea of technological advance leading to superintelligence is back in force. Some believers, Kurzweil included, regard this singularity as an opportunity: Humans can merge their brains with the superintelligence and thereby live forever. Others, such
visiting Marvin Minsky, one of the original AI pioneers, and asked him about Dan. “He’s our best current philosopher—the next Bertrand Russell,” said Marvin, adding that unlike traditional philosophers, Dan was a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and psycholo
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