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<P>...<BR>> I was surprised that this had gone as mainstream as it<BR>>
appears. So now the question for Bryan and the other younger<BR>> set:
is there in your opinion a general awareness of the<BR>> singularity...
spike</P>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>I took my son to the San Jose Tech Museum
today. There is a display room about progress in computing, with a panel
on Moore's law. I was surprised to see this comment:</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>In case the photo doesn't come thru, it
says:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Breaking the Law</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Progress has limits; electricity can't
go</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>faster than the speed of light, for
example.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Moore predicts that digital
innovations</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>will soon slow. Others, however,
foresee a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><EM>singularity</EM>, when rapid
technological shifts</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>make the world unpredictable.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>[end]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>I found it interesting that they reference
the singularity without seeing the need to explain in detail what it is.
They say it is when technological shifts make the world unpredictable, but with
no reference to emergent AI or really any supporting text or
references.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>I am not sure what to make of it, but a
museum is about as mainstream as it gets.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>Comments please?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial>spike</FONT></DIV>
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