Re: LIST: Singularitarians

From: Bryan Moss (bryan.moss@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Thu Apr 08 1999 - 11:43:57 MDT


Dan Fabulich wrote:
> But Singularity somehow, someway, with a species that may
> not even be our own? Totally inevitable.

What if 2n increase in intelligence equals n^2 increase in computer
power? What if 2n increase in intelligence equals 2^n increase in
computer power? What if intelligence involves not-easily-computable
elements? What if there's an upper limit to complexity? Eh?

Such confidence in the face of such uncertainty!

BM



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