Re: omega-point-deity (was: from Italy about exi)

From: J. R. (J.R.Molloy@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Jul 03 2000 - 20:02:09 MDT


Michael LaTorra writes,
>The writer, Mr. Formenti, says that extropianism is a
>cyber-anarchic-religious movement. Religious ? Thatıs because extropians aim
>at some deity (or some Buddhity). What is this omega-point-deity ?

Perhaps he means the SI (super intelligence) which emerges from AI.
See, for example,
http://www.lfw.org/ping/summit-chart.pdf

When the graph goes to "10 billion times human intelligence" that might
imply an
omega point deity.

--J. R.



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