[ExI] how would Transhumanists cope if the Singularity did not happen in their lifetime?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:48:24PM +0100, Russell Wallace wrote:

>    Of course it's about computer performance. If increased integration

No, it isn't. Read the original paper. 

>    density didn't result in increased performance nobody would care about
>    it.

Computer performance, as measured in benchmarks, does not result
in linear semi-log plot. 

Case in point: the difference between CPU speed, as measured 
by benchmarks, and memory bandwidth, as measured by benchmarks,
is a linear semi-log plot.

But you knew that already.
 
>    (As for the original question, I don't expect my own generation to be
>    around for most of the future; that doesn't mean future generations
>    won't be.)

I agree.

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