“It is, of course, totally unclear whether Moravec, Kurzweil, and their supporters are correct. Will robots become massively intelligent? Will human beings become highly intelligent cyborgs or upload our minds fully into machines and thereby live forever? Whether they are correct is probably less important than the fact that the faithful who believe they are has a growing membership. ”—Robert M. Geraci
I am not surprised see someone assigning low probability to a technological singularity. But low importance?
This is not an anti-rational prescription like the Glenn Beck quote I offered, but I found it a striking example of irrational bias.
I am not surprised see someone assigning low probability to a technological singularity. But low importance?
This is not an anti-rational prescription like the Glenn Beck quote I offered, but I found it a striking example of irrational bias.