From: dennis (dennis@stk.com)
Date: Fri Dec 17 1999 - 09:54:13 MST
I liked the movie, (Excellent acting, jokes and special effects)
though I agree the central idea of an intelligence embracing mortality
instead of eternity seems a little rediculous. And aging/mortality is presented
as a good thing, something I didn't like to see.
What I find more amazing is the introduction to Michael Crichton's
newest novel _Timeline_ and the use of nanotechnology in
Clive Cussler's new novel _Atlantis Found_. Cussler even mentions
Drexler and Chris Peterson by name.
_Timeline_ and _Atlantis Found_ are NY Times bestseller
mainstream books. Nanotechnology, quantum foam, and AI have all
hit the conscious level of the reading and movie going public.
Dennis Ivey
dennis@stk.com
John Clark wrote:
> Some of out "far out" ideas are starting to leak out, even into the conservative
> pages of The New York Times. I haven't seen the film so I don't know if it's any
> good but I have read the review by Stephen Holden of Bicentennial Man and he
> really hated the movie, the reasons are very interesting. He compares it to a very
> bad Star Trek installment and sneers at its " warm, fuzzy, self-congratulatory
> humanistic vision, nothing in the universe beats being a flesh and blood mortal".
> Holden also says "The possibility of a machine claiming to have human qualities
> seems increasingly likely. What's not so likely is that a robot, in seeking to be
> human, would embrace mortality." I couldn't have said it better myself but I don't
> think I would have found it in the mainstream press five years ago.
>
> John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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