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Philosophy

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts) Thu Feb 6, 2014, 07:28 PM Feb 2014

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Can we discuss the Technological Singularity here (and the movie "Her")? It's philosophical. [View all]

The technological singularity, or simply the singularity, is a hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence will have progressed to the point of a greater-than-human intelligence, radically changing civilization, and perhaps human nature.[1] Since the capabilities of such an intelligence may be difficult for a human to comprehend, the technological singularity is often seen as an occurrence (akin to a gravitational singularity) beyond which the future course of human history is unpredictable or even unfathomable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

Spoiler warning if you havent seen the movie "Her".

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Can we discuss the Technological Singularity here (and the movie "Her")? It's philosophical. [View all] rhett o rick Feb 2014 OP

Yes we can. I just had a vision of a post-singularity world after reading this. CJCRANE Feb 2014 #1

That's your vision of life after the singularity? nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #2

*SPOILER* In William Gibson's "Neuromancer" CJCRANE Feb 2014 #3

I have, in part, used "Neuromancer" to influence my image of what will happen rhett o rick Feb 2014 #4

The stage just before the singularity is also interesting... CJCRANE Feb 2014 #9

Noam Chomsky: The Singularity is Science Fiction! bananas Feb 2014 #5

Do you agree with Chomsky? nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #6

i do tiny elvis Feb 2014 #12

It there no one that wants to discuss the singularity? nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #7

There isn't much traffic in this forum by the looks of it. CJCRANE Feb 2014 #10

Yeah I agree. nm rhett o rick Feb 2014 #11

Kick rhett o rick Feb 2014 #8

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