From: Michael S. Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Wed Sep 06 2000 - 11:24:30 MDT
Brent Allsop wrote:
>
> "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net> commented:
>
> > Since the SI will start from a seed, and its only sources of
> > information will be those of human civilization, it will, at least
> > until some point, exhibit strongly anthropomorphic characteristics,
> > which may or may not decrease as the SI's knowledge base exceeds
> > that of our civilization by increasing rates.
>
> Why do you not consider the "SI" as part of civilization?
> Things will happen at ever increasing rate as we approach the
> singularity, but this will occur for all of civilization right?
> Why/how would it occur to just one seed program all alone?
Because the SI will be developing at its own accelerated exponential rates,
while most of civilization will still be advancing at strictly biological, or at
best augmented biological rates.
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