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17 January 2003 |
We are reading The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect... Mad scientist creates self-aware AI, which in a sequence of singular events, takes over (think Wargames) in order to run things better (think Asimov's laws), eventually learning/creating a more efficient API with reality, and then creating a post-mortality post-reality metaverse (think Tron/Snowcrash/Neuromancer/various other things).
Other notable science-fiction online of late:
It's worth reading Understand, 0wnz0red, Lobsters and Prime Intellect to connect together the physiological/medical/accelerating technology dots.
Then go read the daddy, Vernor Vinge, on "the Singularity":
VV interviewed in the Observer, Dec 2002 ("The singularity marks the passing of man from centre stage") and VV: What is the Singularity? ("Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.").
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Speechworks-commissioned Gartner study finds that punters like speech rec: "The research found that the primary drivers for overall caller satisfaction with speech systems included convenience, speed and timeliness of information retrieval, recognition accuracy and a personal and friendly interaction.".
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It might be tricky to play games on it, but making phone calls is easy
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On the nature of traffic jams, and preventative action
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Hepola's stories of relationship told via the (board) games played.
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It becomes unnervingly easy to imagine a scenario where everything you buy that's more expensive than a Snickers will sport RFID tags, which typically include a 64-bit unique identifier yielding about 18 thousand trillion possible values. KSW-Microtec, a German company, has invented washable RFID tags designed to be sewn into clothing. And according to EE Times, the European central bank is considering embedding RFID tags into banknotes by 2005.
That raises the disquieting possibility of being tracked though our personal possessions. Imagine: The Gap links your sweater's RFID tag with the credit card you used to buy it and recognizes you by name when you return. Grocery stores flash ads on wall-sized screens based on your spending patterns, just like in "Minority Report." Police gain a trendy method of constant, cradle-to-grave surveillance.
It's the darker side of the IP-everywhere-lets-you-find-your-socks-when-you-lost-them story.
[via Charlie Stross, sci-fi writer]
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