You know, I just read a "techo-thriller" a few weeks ago with a couple of smart crows in it (employed by government agents) -- Daniel Suarez' _Kill Decision_. http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Decision-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451417704/
But in that book, the Singularity maguffin isn't the crows -- it's a swarm of killer drones (like the ones Amazon is planning to use to deliver packages ;-> ) programmed to behave like a colony of particularly aggressive ants.
I suppose Ray Kurzweil owns the Singularity(R) brand these days, but those **other** people -- you know, the ones we used to call "The Singularitarians" proper? -- don't use that word any more. In fact, you're not supposed to mention it around them, or you get -- I don't know what.
----- Donny my analyst always tells me...
You call your analyst Donny?
Yeah. I call him Donny!
I call mine "Dr. Chomsky" or, you know, he hits me with a ruler.
You know, I just read a "techo-thriller" a few weeks ago
ReplyDeletewith a couple of smart crows in it (employed by government
agents) -- Daniel Suarez' _Kill Decision_.
http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Decision-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451417704/
But in that book, the Singularity maguffin isn't the crows --
it's a swarm of killer drones (like the ones Amazon is planning
to use to deliver packages ;-> ) programmed to behave like
a colony of particularly aggressive ants.
I suppose Ray Kurzweil owns the Singularity(R) brand these days,
but those **other** people -- you know, the ones we used to
call "The Singularitarians" proper? -- don't use that word any
more. In fact, you're not supposed to mention it around
them, or you get -- I don't know what.
-----
Donny my analyst always tells me...
You call your analyst Donny?
Yeah. I call him Donny!
I call mine "Dr. Chomsky" or, you know,
he hits me with a ruler.