[ExI] Convergence

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>... On Behalf Of David Lubkin
...

>...The answer lies, I think, in an area of distributed AI I used to think a
lot about, and maybe should get back to...

Yes, do so, sir please.  We could really use your brains on that tough
problem.

>... Negotiation between mutually suspicious autonomous agents. Although a
single, large, trusted site could work... -- David.

Ja, but what I have in mind is induced trust through transparency.  Even if
bad guys somehow get into the system, if they go on a local assistance call,
the system would know where he is and perhaps even see and hear everything
he sees and hears.  That way he cannot do anything untoward and be
undetected.  

I do not know how to handle the angle I was hinting at in the original post,
where for instance a call comes in that if there are any single dentists
available a local SWF has a cavity she wants filled.  At some point after he
arrives (several seconds later) the system must legitimately be turned off,
to prevent an excess of salacious information being archived forevermore.  

I was introduced to the internet shortly after Al Gore invented it, late
70s.  In those days of course it was all text, but I read over some of the
material.  About half of it was lonely hearts stuff in one form or another,
a common form being a carryover from the old newspaper want ads looking for
partners.  Today, if we look at everything online, about half of it is
lonely hearts stuff in one form or another, a common form being a carryover
from the old pre-web internet days.  This assessment depends on how you
classify tweets, which might be called a cotton-candy version of lonely
hearts ads, at least most of it.  So by natural extension, if we manage to
create something like real-time continuous audio-video mobile
super-connectivity, I can imagine about half of the bandwidth would be
dedicated in some form to the mating game.

Do let me assure the singles here, although I have been happily paired for
over 30 years, I clearly remember loneliness, and I deeply empathize with
those who go to extraordinary lengths to find one's soul mate.  This Metaman
system might actually help with that.

Our brains evolve, but our hearts never do.

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