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RE: Why I Don't Believe in the Singularity.

in #singularity8 years ago (edited)

My contention is that "consciousness is an emergent property of a sufficiently complex network"

To this I would add "a sufficiently brainlike network". I think it's the architecture of the brain which causes it to automatically absorb information and self-program. But that's just my suspicion of course.

NONE of which should contradicts the fact that technology is advancing at a very high rate of speed. Not only that but it's rate of acceleration is accelerating.

All technology? Has the fuel efficiency of automobiles obeyed Moore's law, for example?

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"all technolgy" in the sense that technology as a whole is advancing. Specific instances, like chipping flint, automobiles, and buggy whips, are 'mature' and no longer advance.

side note: some things, guns for example, are 'mature' technology. There's not a whole lot of room for improvement without a radical redesign.