From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 01:25:40 MDT
I dunno. Ant farms are only interesting up to a point, then they get chucked
in the garbage.
Emlyn
> Good idea. Perhaps however there is a point where
> efficiency is irrelevant. Robert points out that
> vegetarianism is the most efficient means of getting
> ATP into the human brain, however there are those
> who may argue that in this context, efficiency is
> not the quantity to be maximized. In a like manner
> suppose an AI is trying to maximize *something* but
> it isn't clear exactly what is to be maximized.
>
> We once discussed here a map of all the possible
> singularity futures. This is another entry for
> the list or matrix or singularity state space:
>
> An intelligent species (ours or one like ours) evolves
> to the point where individuals network and combine
> their intelligence ever more effectively, create
> an AI which forms a Jbrain. For reasons that we
> do not (or perhaps cannot) understand, the Jbrain
> decides it is unethical to devour every planet in
> the galaxy. It decides instead to play with us.
> It wants to maximize *fun*.
>
> It plays god, by seeking out strange new civilizations,
> reading the intelligences found there and simulating
> their thought processes. It then runs ahead of the
> remaining meat-brains, anticipates their every want
> and need, causing them to have wonderful and comfortable
> lives. Its payback is to sit back and laugh at the
> wonderful silliness of a species such as mankind.
>
> The simulated and anticipated species come to
> believe in god, such that the species drops its progress
> towards its own (possibly competing) Jbrain.
>
> spike
>
>
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