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Very far. (nt) Xiphias 03/03/09, 15:43		0

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Hey Xiphias (and other AI people): What do you think of Ray Kurzweil? (Victor Laszlo) 02/23/09, 16:43

If I remember right, Kurzweil is one of the popularizers of the Singularity (athodyd) 02/23/09, 16:56

I know what my favorite AI author said about Ray's work.. (Valkor) 02/23/09, 17:19

RE: I know what my favorite AI author said about Ray's work.. (Repomancer) 02/23/09, 19:25

My current wife kind of introdoced me to him. I've read parts of all his work. (Valkor) 02/24/09, 14:34

I love that phrase (off-topic) (Ouroboros) 02/24/09, 18:03

Actually, I justcompletely mis-used it. (Valkor) 02/24/09, 23:12

It doesn't matter, it's a great phrase. -nt- (Ouroboros) 02/24/09, 23:26

Nitpick (Xemu) 02/25/09, 00:06

you know, he's a smart dude who did some great stuff. (Xiphias) 02/24/09, 11:20

here's a thing I wrote about the singularity, once (Xiphias) 02/24/09, 12:53

hey xiph, can you briefly explain singularity to a math-tard? (linnjob) 02/25/09, 04:48

Basically the idea is to build a computer that can design a better computer (XYAmazon) 02/25/09, 06:29

yeah (Xiphias) 02/25/09, 11:05

ohhhh i was totally reading the wrong "singularity" article. (linnjob) 02/25/09, 11:08

jesus, kid nt (Midnight Man) 03/04/09, 00:46

You and James Randi should team up. (HarveyTibbar) 02/25/09, 09:49

you son of a bitch, you don't understand anything at all (Xiphias) 02/25/09, 11:03 !!!

YOU'RE A SLAYER OF DREAMS!!! (HarveyTibbar) 02/25/09, 11:22

Check and Mate (gambol) 02/26/09, 16:30

I love that promo (nt) (Xiphias) 03/03/09, 15:43

Dude, it's Harvey. (Repomancer) 02/25/09, 15:13

and what gave us terry pratchet and malcolm in the middle? (Xiphias) 02/25/09, 15:47

Oh well in that case... (HarveyTibbar) 02/25/09, 16:12

Forget Pratchett. (Repomancer) 02/26/09, 02:02

I don't think I need to prove anything. (HarveyTibbar) 02/26/09, 08:19

yes, yes, we're all very proud of you (Noober) 02/27/09, 01:50

RE: Oh well in that case... (Rorschach) 02/26/09, 05:11

Yeah that confuses me a little. (HarveyTibbar) 02/26/09, 08:16

I am also in favor of the world. (Lies, lies, LIES!) 02/25/09, 16:03

RE: you son of a bitch, you don't understand anything at all (Midnight Man) 02/26/09, 13:14

HE'S A FOLK HERO (Xiphias) 02/26/09, 14:22

The thing is (self righteous arthropod) 03/02/09, 12:34

wait, you lost me (Xiphias) 03/03/09, 15:50

RE: wait, you lost me (self righteous arthropod) 03/04/09, 00:01

Bad html tags make me look stupid. nt (self righteous arthropod) 03/04/09, 00:02

RE: wait, you lost me (Goofy Gorilla) 03/04/09, 00:06

STOP USING CHROME (Goofy Gorilla) 03/04/09, 00:08

You sound a lot like a singularity guy to me. (Xiphias) 03/04/09, 13:13

RE: You sound a lot like a singularity guy to me. (keinsignal) 03/04/09, 18:14

Hold up there (SolarTungsten) 03/04/09, 14:05

let's team up and use science and reason to crush those who oppose us (nt) (Xiphias) 03/04/09, 14:12

Okay, but arqua gets clemency (SolarTungsten) 03/04/09, 16:22

RE: wait, you lost me (DrStrange) 03/04/09, 15:16

so you want to fuck a robot (The Amazing Thracian Bicycle) 03/04/09, 15:30

No. Don't be ridiculous. (Valkor) 03/04/09, 17:04

If wanting to fuck a robot is wrong I don't want to be right NT (Anti-Pope) 03/10/09, 14:48

I love POEnews. (self righteous arthropod) 03/08/09, 22:35

I love you. (XYAmazon) 03/09/09, 06:07

I hope you continue to contribute to threads on AI (Xiphias) 03/09/09, 13:02

RE: I hope you continue to contribute to threads on AI (Anti-Pope) 03/10/09, 14:55

I'm aware. (Xiphias) 03/10/09, 14:59

Very true. Just making sure people know it's not complete crazy talk. NT (Anti-Pope) 03/10/09, 15:07

We won't know how crazy it is for a while. (Xiphias) 03/10/09, 15:23

so you want to fuck a robot (The Amazing Thracian Bicycle) 03/09/09, 13:08

I have nothing to add to this. (Lies, lies, LIES!) 02/24/09, 18:21

Robert Full. (nt) (Xiphias) 02/25/09, 10:51

...who isn't as well-known as kurzweil because he's actually DOING stuff (Xiphias) 02/25/09, 10:52

Apparently he doesn't even rate his own wikipedia page. nt (Runic) 03/02/09, 16:41

RE: you know, he's a smart dude who did some great stuff. (Repomancer) 02/24/09, 20:36

I made it 2/3s of the way to a masters in AI at UW. (godot) 02/24/09, 13:41

He's a crackpot. (Chibisuke) 02/26/09, 14:56

^that (nt) (Xiphias) 02/26/09, 15:03

It's in Rolling Stone. (Baby Finster) 03/09/09, 01:57

Subquestion: How far do you think AI will advance in our lifetimes? nt (Runic) 03/02/09, 16:43

Very far. (nt) (Xiphias) 03/03/09, 15:43

To expand on that. (Xiphias) 03/03/09, 16:32 !!!

I have already voted in this thread (fluffy) 03/03/09, 17:50

eh, the other one was better (Xiphias) 03/03/09, 18:05

So how long until Pandora.com stops recommending the same five songs? (SharoKham) 03/04/09, 00:44

when they get sponsors who don't own the rights to Toots % The Maytals? (Xiphias) 03/04/09, 12:45

i like pandora? (The Amazing Thracian Bicycle) 03/04/09, 15:34

another more realistic answer, if you wanted one (Xiphias) 03/09/09, 13:14

They have musicologists who assign attributes for each song (SharoKham) 03/10/09, 09:36

Well then. (Xiphias) 03/10/09, 11:07

Thank you. (Runic) 03/04/09, 00:48

Not to be your shadow here, but... (self righteous arthropod) 03/09/09, 19:45

RE: Not to be your shadow here, but... (cheers in the wirehouse) 03/10/09, 04:14

That's HyperOGERETSU, all right (Urban Space Cowboy) 03/10/09, 13:47

Are you in IT or just in reading comic books? (Sean Robinson) 03/10/09, 09:45

No, no, this is fun. (Xiphias) 03/10/09, 14:08

RE: No, no, this is fun. (self righteous arthropod) 03/10/09, 22:40

RE: No, no, this is fun. (Zanac) 03/11/09, 03:58

RE: No, no, this is fun. (self righteous arthropod) 03/11/09, 18:07

RE: No, no, this is fun. (Flux) 03/11/09, 21:38

persistence of a configuration of tiles is not heredity (nt) (Xiphias) 03/12/09, 11:32

RE: No, no, this is fun. (SolarTungsten) 03/11/09, 13:46

RE: No, no, this is fun. (Xiphias) 03/11/09, 15:22

RE: No, no, this is fun. (self righteous arthropod) 03/12/09, 01:45

RE: No, no, this is fun. (Xiphias) 03/12/09, 11:41

It is absolutely retarded to try and forecast technical achievement (Sean Robinson) 03/12/09, 12:14

Re: genetic algorithms (Billings) 03/11/09, 23:47

one comment from my end of the pool (Lies, lies, LIES!) 03/09/09, 22:34

yeah, I didn't mean to imply semantics and NLP are all dead (Xiphias) 03/10/09, 11:23

I saw this linked from Dresden Codak dude's Twitter (fluffy) 03/09/09, 03:29

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