Comments on: Singularity’s Flaw http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/ New Media, Life and Work Online Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Caleb Booker http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 Caleb Booker Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:59:47 +0000 http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/?p=2090#comment-2877 Jon - well you're not wrong there, but I suppose that just means that when someone finally gets around to destroying all of humanity they'll have to make the universe suddenly implode. :) Jon – well you’re not wrong there, but I suppose that just means that when someone finally gets around to destroying all of humanity they’ll have to make the universe suddenly implode. :)

]]> By: Jon Brouchoud http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Jon Brouchoud Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:45:08 +0000 http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/?p=2090#comment-2876 I haven't done any reading on singularity, but this post got me thinking.. Wouldn't the suggestion that someone could destroy the whole of human civilization in a post-singular era imply that we're still all operating from the same, single planet and network? If, in this scenario, we're assuming singularity has, in fact, happened, and our consciousness can be successfully uploaded to the machine (i think that's how it works, right?), wouldn't we be working from remote network nodes by then? Probably scattered throughout the solar system, or the galaxy, or whatever.. some of which are completely disconnected from the others. Even if someone could destroyed the web today - it wouldn't necessarily destroy my home network, or my actual computer hardware.. I'm guessing we'll have backups of ourselves, and could just reboot somewhere else. Space travel is tough for fragile human bodies, but if we become spiritual machines, we'll be everywhere... Ok, I've had too much coffee ;-) back to work! Thanks for the thought provoking post! I haven’t done any reading on singularity, but this post got me thinking..

Wouldn’t the suggestion that someone could destroy the whole of human civilization in a post-singular era imply that we’re still all operating from the same, single planet and network?

If, in this scenario, we’re assuming singularity has, in fact, happened, and our consciousness can be successfully uploaded to the machine (i think that’s how it works, right?), wouldn’t we be working from remote network nodes by then? Probably scattered throughout the solar system, or the galaxy, or whatever.. some of which are completely disconnected from the others. Even if someone could destroyed the web today – it wouldn’t necessarily destroy my home network, or my actual computer hardware.. I’m guessing we’ll have backups of ourselves, and could just reboot somewhere else.

Space travel is tough for fragile human bodies, but if we become spiritual machines, we’ll be everywhere…

Ok, I’ve had too much coffee ;-) back to work! Thanks for the thought provoking post!

]]> By: Caleb Booker http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 Caleb Booker Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:43:45 +0000 http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/?p=2090#comment-2871 L Zoel - yeah, I thought that was the implied joke... hmm. Need to use more smiley faces. L Zoel – yeah, I thought that was the implied joke… hmm. Need to use more smiley faces.

]]> By: MixedRealities :: Scary aspects of the blurring of boundaries between the physical and the virtual http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 MixedRealities :: Scary aspects of the blurring of boundaries between the physical and the virtual Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:28:58 +0000 http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/?p=2090#comment-2869 [...] makes the idea of a monitoring and all-knowing Big Brother even more tangible. In the post Singularity’s flaw Caleb Booker develops a grim vision: if knowledge and technology develop at a rate which is supposed [...] [...] makes the idea of a monitoring and all-knowing Big Brother even more tangible. In the post Singularity’s flaw Caleb Booker develops a grim vision: if knowledge and technology develop at a rate which is supposed [...]

]]> By: L Zoel http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/2010/03/16/singularitys-flaw/comment-page-1/#comment-2866 L Zoel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:48:31 +0000 http://www.calebbooker.com/blog/?p=2090#comment-2866 How does one collect on a bet concerning "how the world might end"? Seems like whenever we figure out who wins, there won't be much point in collecting. How does one collect on a bet concerning “how the world might end”?

Seems like whenever we figure out who wins, there won’t be much point in collecting.

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