[ExI] The reality of our science future

[Richard Loosemore]

Michio Kaku's new documentary:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7078679.stm

A typical example of the "Everything just the same, but WOW look at the 
shiny gizmos!!" vision of the future.

*Without* a seriously general-purpose AI in the near future, most of the 
shiny gizmos are going to be hard to get, prone to failure and unwanted 
side-effects, and delivered into a world coming apart at the seams.

*With* a seriously general-purpose AI, on the other hand, the shiny 
gizmos won't even make it onto the radar screen because everything and 
its mother will change.

Sigh.  Close window.  Back to work.



Richard Loosemore