[ExI] [wta-talk] [mta] I am a Singularitian who does notbelieve inthe Singularity

[Natasha Vita-More]

(Haha! I did my best to give Stefano a run for his superlativity! :-))

But for fun, I did translate it down yesterday for the Extrobritannia list:

The Singularity's symbolic image is vertical - shooting straight up 
due to the momentum of accelerating convergences. I disagree because 
there are smaller events which build and form larger events, and so 
forth. This I call a swerve because it may be unlikely to be such a 
straight upward thrust. One of the problems with the Singularity 
opponents is that many Singularitarians are looking at the Singularity 
from a type of absolutist technological/programming point of view, and 
not including social issues, many of which stem from human behaviors 
(learned and acquired) and human psychology (not wanting to change .. 
but acquiescing to a moral sense of worth when adopting change if it 
is for well-being). This relates to an emotional response in facing 
change. A changing phenotype reflects a type of plasticity in that we 
do change more easily than we think we do or th[a]n we want to.


Nlogo1.tif Natasha Vita-More

-----Original Message-----
From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Emlyn
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 1:04 AM
To: ExI chat list
Subject: Re: [ExI] [wta-talk] [mta] I am a Singularitian who does notbelieve
inthe Singularity

2009/10/2 Natasha Vita-More <natasha at natasha.cc>:
> Stefano Vaj wrote:
> "I do think instead that I have a "moral" obligation, on the basis of 
> on my value system, to advocate an effort towards as much 
> "superlativity" as possible, the degree thereof, or my anticipations 
> and expectations thereabout, being immaterial to such stance."
>
>
> Attempting to foster an acme of a very large paradigmatic swerve 
> brings the Singularity to the "now". I can see where this fostering is 
> a valuable link behavioral and psychological approach, and which 
> addresses my deepest concerns about an overt and symbolic erection. 
> Rather, the ebb and flow of accelerating advances, across the 
> converging fields, are the perturbations which beckon an emotional
response.
>
> Sefano wrote:
> "And I do not believe that any meaningful distinction really exists, 
> in our extended phenotype, between our technology and ourselves, let 
> alone in any diacronical sense."
>
>
> Plasticity is the ability to change our phenotype. Emphasizing this 
> behavioral characteristic might be meaningful approach.
>

Oh dear, this is going to break my bayesian filter.

--
Emlyn

http://emlyntech.wordpress.com - coding related http://point7.wordpress.com
- ranting http://emlynoregan.com - main site
_______________________________________________
extropy-chat mailing list
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat