Comments on: Pragmatism and the Singularity http://futurismic.com/2008/07/03/pragmatism-and-the-singularity/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nancy Jane Moore http://futurismic.com/2008/07/03/pragmatism-and-the-singularity/comment-page-1/#comment-15352 Nancy Jane Moore Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:41:22 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3569#comment-15352 For a slightly different take on what might happen with the singularity, I recommend Sue Lange's book <i>We, Robots</i>. Both funny and thought provoking, <i>We, Robots,</i> is told from the pov of a child care AI in a working class family at a time on the verge of the singularity. It's part of the Conversation Pieces series from <a href="http://www.aqueductpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Aqueduct Press</a> and you can order it directly from them. It's also available on Amazon, but it's cheaper at the Aqueduct site. For a slightly different take on what might happen with the singularity, I recommend Sue Lange’s book We, Robots. Both funny and thought provoking, We, Robots, is told from the pov of a child care AI in a working class family at a time on the verge of the singularity. It’s part of the Conversation Pieces series from Aqueduct Press and you can order it directly from them. It’s also available on Amazon, but it’s cheaper at the Aqueduct site.

]]> By: B.Dewhirst http://futurismic.com/2008/07/03/pragmatism-and-the-singularity/comment-page-1/#comment-15351 B.Dewhirst Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:56 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3569#comment-15351 All dichotomies are false... "Sigmoidal curves" get much worse press than "exponential curves." All dichotomies are false…

“Sigmoidal curves” get much worse press than “exponential curves.”

]]> By: Neal http://futurismic.com/2008/07/03/pragmatism-and-the-singularity/comment-page-1/#comment-15350 Neal Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:08:14 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3569#comment-15350 It always surprises me that otherwise intelligent people who disdain most forms of religious belief will put their faith in something like a SUPER-COMPUTER COMING TO LIFE AND SOLVING ALL OF MANKIND'S PROBLEMS!!!! Uh-come again? Do you have to wear funny hats at your meetings? Give me the "starving, flu-ravaged fundamentalists" any day. It always surprises me that otherwise intelligent people who disdain most
forms of religious belief will put their faith in something like a
SUPER-COMPUTER COMING TO LIFE AND SOLVING ALL OF MANKIND’S PROBLEMS!!!!
Uh-come again? Do you have to wear funny hats at your meetings? Give me
the “starving, flu-ravaged fundamentalists” any day.

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