tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1253295792498469357..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Not All Ridicule Is Hate SpeechDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-13792304418099625732012-10-15T11:52:29.247-07:002012-10-15T11:52:29.247-07:00http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=346
---------...http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=346<br />-------------------<br />The Singularity Is Far<br /><br />In this post, I wish to propose for the reader’s favorable<br />consideration a doctrine that will strike many in the nerd<br />community as strange, bizarre, and paradoxical, but that I<br />hope will at least be given a hearing. The doctrine in<br />question is this: while it is possible that, a century hence,<br />humans will have built molecular nanobots and superintelligent<br />AIs, uploaded their brains to computers, and achieved eternal<br />life, these possibilities are not quite so likely as commonly<br />supposed, nor do they obviate the need to address mundane<br />matters such as war, poverty, disease, climate change, and<br />helping Democrats win elections. . .<br /><br />(Also, if the Singularity ever does arrive, I expect it to<br />be plagued by frequent outages and terrible customer service.)<br />-------------------<br /><br />The devil you say!<br /><br />;->jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com