On Feb 7, 6:25=A0am, Richard Burke <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> =A0"scott richard campbell =A0www.myspace.com/ScottRichardCampbell"
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> > Sci-fi storyline: A transhuman poplulation links up through a
> > "nanoneocortex" and
> > sophisticated wireless technology to a supreme technological being,
> > that has designed
> > =A0its own brain architecture, and has unlimited capacities for
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> > and intelligence
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> > The God Machine will be a self-organizing sentient being based on
> > principles
> > that the "seeders" have layed down for it, including proper ethics.
> > After acquiring
> > staggering levels of knowledge, it will work for the benefit of the
> > human and
> > transhuman species, and the new "robotic" intelligences, that is, the
> > new
> > technointelligenced beings that are not of flesh and bones.
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> > The God Machine (I still don't have a good term for it, any
> > suggestions?)
> > =A0will have the best data from all over the world to make its
> > suggestions for
> > what is best for the species and its individuals.
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> > If it is done properly, by the right group of people,(how about
> > Google, Microsoft,
> > Ray Kurzweil, Marvin Minsky, etc), we may be able to solve many, if
> > not all,
> > of the world's most significant problems through advanced technology
> > applied
> > with optimal planetary steward****p in mind, basically doing what is
> > best for the human
> > genome for survival and proliferation.
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> > The transhumans and their sup****ters will achieve their goals through
> > proactive international business and political parties, influencing
> > governments to bring about positive coevolution of humans,
> > transhumans, and all life forms for the planet.
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> > Plausible? Dangerous? Ridiculous?
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> > Scott Richard Campbell
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> Read "Divergence", "CApacity", and "Recursion" by Tony Ballantyne. They
> posit a future where an emergent AI ("THe Watcher") takes control of the
> whole planet's future, with the express intent of creating the maximum
> happiness for a post-human humanity. But who watches the Watcher? And
> who decides whether contentment-on-average is actually what humanity
> really needs?
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> It's seriously good stuff, and well thought-through.
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> Richard
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Thanks for the info, I will take a look at his books.....
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