Re: Is the brain a serial processor?

From: Carol Tilley (tilley@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Sep 10 1999 - 07:16:37 MDT


From: Robert J. Bradbury
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 12:59 AM

> Oh my god....

he said, primping in front of the mirror once again.

> > I don't know. I would assume you are referring to Wilken's endorsement
of
> > Luck.
>
> No, I was actually refering to a separate thread involving Eliezer
> and someone (Elizabeth/Carol/??? -- my mind is losing coherence
> at this time) commenting on Eliezer's putative oxymoron about
> "unconcious cognition".

Yes, of course! It's interesting how the clarity-checker isn't activated
until you've doomed your thoughts by clicking on that old send button. I
could use an auto-delay in my mail program similar to the one built into
_live_ radio.

> I am looking forward, with immense anticipation, to the day
> when Eliezer looks into the bowels of his transcendent AI
> and sees my face staring out at him.... :-)

Yes. And we will each be standing by with a set of paddles, gleefully
awaiting the opportunity to revive him from his unconscious cognition. Or
was that conscious incognition?

> ...the at-risk computational systems are those that attempt
> to self-evolve without a backup copy.

and here I thought that gods controlled/created their own destiny

> Dancin on the edge,

Well, I suppose that even your virtual edge is serving it's virtual
purpose.<repressing a smile>

C. Tilley



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