Now *that* makes a lot more sense. After all the brain is one intricate,
multi-noded fairly high-capacity network. Get say 10 billion of them linked
to a distributed processing system and you've got one pretty damn powerful
computer!
-Zero
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross A. Finlayson" <raf@tiki-lounge.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: Matrix
> It could be rationalized that the power derived from the people in the
movie is
> not power, per se, but rather some form of esoteric processing capability
> present in the human brain, or some metaphysical aspect that the high
technology
> interfaces.
>
> That is to say, we can rationalize the utility of the humans in several
ways,
> calling it power, when it is not necessarily the power that generates work
in a
> Newtonian physical sense, but either some physical aspect of the human
brain
> that is not reproducible mechanically or some metaphysical aspect of the
brain.
>
> So, maybe the Artificial Intelligences (AIs) or the creator of the AIs is
trying
> to gain a spirit, or is otherwise tapping them.
>
> Zero Powers wrote:
>
> > Sure, but the flick just wouldn't have had the same punch if the Matrix
were
> > solar powered.
> >
> > -Zero
> >
> > Learn how your computer can earn you money while you sleep!
> > http://www.ProcessTree.com/?sponsor=38158
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gina Miller" <nanogirl@halcyon.com>
> > To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:10 PM
> > Subject: Matrix
> >
> > > I just digested the Matrix movie via DVD last night. It was visually
> > > stimulating, made you think about the future of VR life alternative,
and
> > the
> > > cue words (like AI) were titilating. But don't you think the AI could
have
> > > selected/converted better energy than humans?
> > >
> > >
> > > Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
> > > Nanotechnology Industries
> > > http://www.nanoindustries.com
> > > Personal: http://www.nanogirl.com
> > > nanogirl@halcyon.com
> > > "Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Ross Andrew Finlayson
> Finlayson Consulting
> Ross at Tiki-Lounge: http://www.tiki-lounge.com/~raf/
>
>
>
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