If smarter than human computer intelligence is possbile, will it be man's savior or doom.
#------------------------------- Excerpt: SAN FRANCISCO -- At the center of a black hole there lies a point called a singularity where the laws of physics no longer make sense. In a similar way, according to futurists gathered Saturday for a weekend conference, information technology is hurtling toward a point where machines will become smarter than their makers. If that happens, it will alter what it means to be human in ways almost impossible to conceive, they say. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801780.html?wpisrc=newsletter or http://tinyurl.com/2jcxcy See also: http://www.singinst.org #------------------------------------------ Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
