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Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
>
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> > Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> > >
> > > > Franklin Wayne Poley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > How about 2001, Hal? Could it be that by 2001, someone somewhere will
> > > > > already have AI machinery to surpass human equivalency?
> > > >
> > > > Not on this planet. Maybe you want to call on Ashtar High Command or
> > > > some such. :-) They've been feeding us all of this tech anyway, don't
> > > > ya know?
> > >
> > > How about the "Andromeda Strain", some little AI seed that will grow by
> > > genetic algorithms until it knows all?
> >
> > Where do you propose this seed came from? Do you honestly think we are
> > capable of creating it next year? Don't confuse fiction with reality.
> > We live in sci-fi times but let's keep some groundedness for the sake of
> > halfway decent real-world plots.
>
> I put that out tongue-in-cheek but I couldn't find the tongue-in-cheek
> character on my keyboard. Apologies. Mind you, there are some interesting
> fantasies out there and <http://www.interchangelab.com> is one Andromeda
> Strain scenario. Some pretty big breakthroughs are going to happen if
> Kurzweil-the-Prophet is borne out re 20,000 years of progress (at today's
> rate) being actualized between now and 2099. No wonder poor old Bill Joy
> suffers from nanophobia (and I don't mean fear of nannies). Bill has
> nightmares about Andromeda strain AI. Then there's Doug Lenat,
> <http://www.Cyc.com> who tells us on his web site "How to build HAL today
> in three easy steps."
>
> Such dreamers!
>
> Niknarf
> (That's Frankin, backwards)
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