Re: Moravec Interviewed by BBC

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 23:33:19 MDT

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Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> >One such prediction is that by 2050 robots will have the "brainpower" of a
> >human mind.
>
> Maybe Hans has shifted his estimate into the future by yet another decade,
> then (it's hard to tell from the brief article). In MIND CHILDREN it was
> 2030. In ROBOT, 2040.
>
> Damien Broderick

That's okay. I moved my estimate from 2030 to 2020 to 2010, so it all
balances out.

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