[MD] Paradise in cyber space

[Heather Perella]

     As in Star Wars, lies and manipulation will still
have to be dealt with as in the old days, most likely.
 If anybody has seen the one in which a Jedi went to
the electronic library to look for a planet and knew
that a certain planet did exist, but no sign of it
existed in the library contents.  So, did the planet
exist?  Another Jedi had to convince this Jedi, I
believe, that the planet did exist - but this kind of
trust can be on all levels so to speak.  For example,
what we can find in the books is not always found in
our first-hand experience.

SA



     [dmb]
> Help me out here, gents. Tell me what would be the
> point and purpose of 
> creating cyber sapiens. Other than realizing every
> poet's worst nightmare, 
> why would we want to sand to think? I mean, the
> question does not ask if we 
> can, but if we should. I'm very skeptical on both
> accounts.
> -----

     [Keith] 
> Multiple reasons, to be sure, but for me the primary
> reason is the same
> reason we've invented every technology: to augment
> human capability. In this
> case, human intelligence in particular. I'm looking
> forward to these
> technologies for the same reasons I benefit from use
> computers & the
> Internet. As Krimel says, he already feels that
> Google enhances his
> intellect. Imagine a neural implant that allowed you
> access to Google
> through thought alone. Imagine enhancements to human
> intelligence that
> allowed you to remember things as well as a computer
> memory. Sign me up.
> 
> As for stand-alone artificial intelligence, I share
> some of your
> ambivalence, but I think that if it's possible, it
> will be done. I believe
> Kurzweil addresses the technological determinacy
> issues fairly convincingly.
> Besides, HAL is one of my favorite fictional
> characters: "I'm sorry, Dave
> ..."
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