From: Extropian Agro Forestry Ventures Inc. (megao@sk.sympatico.ca)
Date: Sun Dec 29 2002 - 10:24:41 MST
What I believe will make organics continue to exist is the fact that
there is potential for much more functionality in a living machine with
4Dimensional+ (post-linear) programmability than a silicon or whatever
inorganic machine with 3D programmability.
DNA as we are finding seems to be severely underutilized in programming
the current model of human. DNA or some enhanced succesor molecular
family requires AI for intial design and testing . Human capacity is
limited to overarching strategic development while non-human
computational capacity (computers) do the pick and shovel work with a
precision not possible in the organic. Designing an organic posthuman
with capacity for both creativity and high capacity computational
ability is currently beyond us organics.
AIs are in my view the next stage of human evolution as a boot-strap to
posthumanity.
..MJ
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
> Jay Dugger noted:
>
>
> <<Perhaps, but the earliest reference I know comes from J.D. Bernal's
> "The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the
>
> Three Enemies of the Rational Soul," (1929!) which you can find here.
>
> http://www.santafe.edu/~shalizi/Bernal/ >>
>
> Yes, an excellent work. I am just contending that this Singularity,
> this replacement of the human condition, would work more efficiently
> with humans then without. Can a highspeed processor, or software
> consider what is valuable and what is not? Depends of the programming.
> For programming, on the fly, what could be better then human
> awareness. There may be something, but right now it appears to me as
> quite useful, as a component (willing) for SIAI.
>
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