Future of computers & the possible technolgical singularity.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I've been intrigued by this all week so here goes.

Clicky, clicky:

Wiki Article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near

Official Site:
http://singularity.com/

Movie Site:
http://singularity.com/themovie/

More info about Singularities:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge ... arity.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... zz&mag=pop

It's too bad really, I would have loved to see a Star Trek/Star Wars style future.

On a side note all of this this has also been making me want to shit my pants in fear all week.

EDIT!: Here's another argument both supporting and disproving/arguing the possibility of a singularity:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/WER2.html

EDIT 2!: Made the title a bit more eye catching for those of you who have yet to read and discuss to take a look and give your opinion.

[Dylan]

Geez, that's a lot of information. Sounds kind of Ghost in the Shell-ish, if you ask me. Still, living on a giant computer is an interesting thought.

[Jrecee]

Read the first paragraph of the wikipedia page. Basically it just repeats what we've heard from terminator back in 1984.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I grew up on re-runs of terminator and other technology attacks style movies, so all of this has me in a cold sweat from the potential implications.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Geez, that's a lot of information. Sounds kind of Ghost in the Shell-ish, if you ask me. Still, living on a giant computer is an interesting thought.

It would, but the problem is that as the human psyche ages it perceives time as shorter and shorter instances. For (crude) example: 1 day = 24hrs. to me right now at 17 years old, but at 40 years old 1 day = 16 hours due to the brain compressing information to save what little free space remains until you die; therefore if we were to become immortal on silicon, we would all also become insane due to our psyche's all making eons flow by in seconds and the whole meaning of time and reason being completely eradicated by our brains.

[Dylan]

It would, but the problem is that as the human psyche ages it perceives time as shorter and shorter instances. For (crude) example: 1 day = 24hrs. to me right now at 17 years old, but at 40 years old 1 day = 16 hours due to the brain compressing information to save what little free space remains until you die; therefore if we were to become immortal on silicon, we would all also become insane due to our psyche's all making eons flow by in seconds and the whole meaning of time and reason being completely eradicated by our brains.

Well that won't be a problem 'cause we'll have cyberbrains. Duh.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

It would, but the problem is that as the human psyche ages it perceives time as shorter and shorter instances. For (crude) example: 1 day = 24hrs. to me right now at 17 years old, but at 40 years old 1 day = 16 hours due to the brain compressing information to save what little free space remains until you die; therefore if we were to become immortal on silicon, we would all also become insane due to our psyche's all making eons flow by in seconds and the whole meaning of time and reason being completely eradicated by our brains.

Well that won't be a problem 'cause we'll have cyberbrains. Duh.

Tachikomas for the win!

I'll be over here all Togusa-like with my non-cyberbrain.

[Dylan]

Tachikomas for the win!

I'll be over here all Togusa-like with my non-cyberbrain.

Common misconception, Togusa still has a cyberbrain, that's how he can plug those little wires into his neck, and how the laughing man hacks into his mind. He just didn't get a cybernetic implants anywhere else (for some reason). And there better not be Tachikomas in the future, because those things were fricking annoying (though I'll admit it would be cool to ride around in one).

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

True, but it's a cool concept in and of itself.

[Xonticus]

On the same subject, I was recently thinking about what kind of technologies I am using every day versus what was around when I was a kid. I'm only 22 for the record. Cell Phones, GPS, Blue Tooth connected, television big corporations subliminal "Blipverts" that plague our minds.... used to be television that was going to be the source of mind and youth corruption, now it's the internet and massive information overload that make us lose concentration on one thing. Cars powered by computers replacing mechanical drives and our physical safety nets. People getting disconnected from the real world via wifi and cell towers, iphones and the constant and aggressive need to always be connected and talking with SOMEONE, ANYONE. It is quite maddening to think this goes on every day. Think about it, we cannot live without using something powered by microprocessors and semiconductors.

I would not be here right now chatting with complete strangers around the World without..... but then again by definition are we all strangers to each other? We all share a somewhat indirect bond on here, which proves the whole "World is Shrinking" attitude.

The digital age was only beginning when I was born... people didn't know what to make of these new-fangled computer devises, but now they are an essential part of our daily lives and our infrastructure. 1984 came and went, but the fun is only beginning.

Oh and by the way, they made a robot that is powered off of human remains:
http://www.robotictechnologyinc.com/index.php/EATR



P.S. I love technology and tech makes the world a better place, but the abuse of this gift from R&D drives me crazy.