youtube.com— Listen, I'm not saying I believe this is real. Just that its extremely elaborate for a joke. And regardless, its a pretty good mind-f*ck about what the Singularity would mean.
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It's only a matter of time until they make some sort of artificial intelligent bioengineering robot laboratory that alters the evolution and genetic traits of humans and animals.They already mapped the human genome, and they've proven that they can alter genetic traits in animals thought only done through evolution.
stormistJan 21, 2008
A copy of you might not be you.
gigabuttJan 22, 2008
Isaac Asimov's "The Last Question" also involves an AI which must continually create evolutions of itself to not only ensure its survival, but humanity's as well.<a class="user" href="http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm">http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm</a>Asimov himself regarded this short story as one of his best works.
mattb5Jan 25, 2008
Apparently some AI has decided this week that Scientology is first. I guess we'll start with the newest religions and work our way backwards.
mattb5Jan 25, 2008
I think you're thinking about Ted "Unabomber" Kaczynski and his Manifesto<a class="user" href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Future">http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_a ...</a>
Closed AccountJan 25, 2008
Hey don't knock me, I have ADD ! :)Come visit me at SL-Transhumanists.
amadeus2490Jan 29, 2008
Is this kind of like when Bender and the Planet Express Ship were going to become a singularity, when she went nuts?
radical5Feb 18, 2008
It's only a matter of time until they make some sort of artificial intelligent bioengineering robot laboratory that alters the evolution and genetic traits of humans and animals.They already mapped the human genome, and they've proven that they can alter genetic traits in animals thought only done through evolution.