Re: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us

2007-09-10 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
After reading the tagline on an Amazon link for the movie "Colossus, the Forbin Project", I remember seeing this movie quite some time ago, probably on TV. I really enjoyed the movie, especially the part where the computers are linked and begin exchanging info by initially just counting number

Re: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us

2007-09-09 Thread Michael Madigan
Good movie, don't see it much on TV. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting post. It has a familiar ring of the > created becomes more powerful than the creator that > we see in some other philosophical areas. For some, > I would have to ask how it feels to have the shoe on > the other foo

Re: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us

2007-09-09 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Thanks for the info. Regards, LelandJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Interesting post. It has a familiar ring of the created becomes more > powerful than the creator that we see in some other philosophical areas. For > some, I would have to ask how it feels to have the shoe on the other foot. >

Re: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us

2007-09-09 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Humm, the Singularity website seem to be down. I did a google on "Singularity" and found a link that indicates Microsoft is into it. http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/ Here is another interesting link to a wiki on Singularity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

RE: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us

2007-09-09 Thread Lew
Undoubtedly, yes. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leland F. Jackson, CPA Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:12 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [OT] Techies Ponder Computers Smarter Than Us If smarter than human computer intelligence is