From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 14:41:48 MDT
On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Anders Sandberg wrote:
> One can base a singularity on more than nanotechnology.
Though I would agree with the statement -- one might well base
a singularity on advanced biotechnology (which is really
nanotechnology but not of the type normally thought about),
or perhaps from Eliezer's perspective -- AI -- which we probably
have the underlying technology to support already.
But I presume from the context of your message that you
intend to mean that singularities based on "magic physics"
are possible (I haven't read the story). Anders -- I'm just
going to have to whack you in the side of the head the next
time we meet. "No magic physics"! You have to stick to
the conventional game plan until we are uploaded (even
if we are currently running in a simulation). *After*
we are uploaded, then you can invoke all the magic physics
you want because everyone will know we are turning the
dials at random to see what happens.
Robert
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