Perhaps this explains Hofstadter’s puzzled reply to the Singularity, as for example at his 2006 Singularity Summit lecture. Although his thinking into the meaning of thought are surely insightful, it seems tinged at the end with a sense of that intelligence and the Singularity are Mysterious Phenomenon in the sense described above.
(However, it can sometimes hard to distinguish whether a speakeris saying “X is a Mysterious Phenomenon (in the sense above),” “X is something that I don’t understand for now,” and “I understand X, and so am filled with a sense of wonder.”)
Or perhaps he wanted to leave his audience with a certain effect, like wonder, hope, and dreaminess? That’s how I see the future sometimes, when I have no idea what tech will boom and bust.
Perhaps this explains Hofstadter’s puzzled reply to the Singularity, as for example at his 2006 Singularity Summit lecture. Although his thinking into the meaning of thought are surely insightful, it seems tinged at the end with a sense of that intelligence and the Singularity are Mysterious Phenomenon in the sense described above.
(However, it can sometimes hard to distinguish whether a speakeris saying “X is a Mysterious Phenomenon (in the sense above),” “X is something that I don’t understand for now,” and “I understand X, and so am filled with a sense of wonder.”)
Or perhaps he wanted to leave his audience with a certain effect, like wonder, hope, and dreaminess? That’s how I see the future sometimes, when I have no idea what tech will boom and bust.