From: natashavita@earthlink.net
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 13:44:11 MDT
From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
Damien Broderick wrote:
>
>>Er, why is the term "Singularitarian" being used in connection with this
>>conference on the supposed deterministic acceleration of technological
>>change, a claim which is neither made by, nor relevant to,
Singularitarians?
John went from Transhumanist to Singularitarinist and then pushed the heck
out of the Singularity. Then he started using Futurist. His website is
still about the his take on the Singularity.
> That's a question to be taken up with John Smart, I should imagine, but I
> don't think he's on this list any longer. Then again, maybe he doesn't use
> the term `Singularitarian' anyway, although last time I talked to him the
> Singularity prospect was his major concern.
"I'd drop it
myself if I could. Shame about the massively predictable catastrophe
where everyone tries to kidnap the nice poetic word for their own wildly
different usages, wish I'd seen it coming in advance."
Yes, it is a shame.
Natasha
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