I have just joined this group from following the link from DeGaris' new web site. I read all of the archived messages and see that the group is not that ...
JackJennings@...
Feb 10, 2000 4:56 pm
I also recently joined via the same route, and though I have not got too into the technical yet, I do have a few thoughts to share, and some more questions. ...
Tony Savage
a_lsavage@...
Feb 12, 2000 7:12 pm
... The answer depends on whether you are a Terran or a Cosmist. Cheers, --J. R. Molloy http://www.shasta.com/jr...
J. R. Molloy
jr@...
Feb 13, 2000 8:26 pm
The answer depends on whether you are a Terran or a Cosmist. ?Very cryptic. Are we not all Cosmists here? Tony ...
Tony Savage
a_lsavage@...
Feb 14, 2000 3:22 pm
Tony, How do you know that "artilects" are not getting noticed -- what, just because you don't find much in the press about it? -Wolfspider ... From: "Tony...
Jeff Western
wolfspider@...
Feb 14, 2000 7:53 pm
How do you know that "artilects" are not getting noticed? * A number of projects have shown proof of concept, yet hard AI still seems to be gasping for real...
Tony Savage
a_lsavage@...
Feb 15, 2000 1:34 pm
I see nothing to prevent an artilect taking the side of the Terrans. After all, some humans have taken the side of other primates in danger of extinction. A ...
J. R. Molloy
jr@...
Feb 16, 2000 4:07 am
... If a Terran opposes all fundamental changes to the human condition, and a Cosmist wants to create AIs at (almost) any cost, then I'm neither. Why on earth...
D.den Otter
neosapient@...
Feb 16, 2000 2:45 pm
I am very new to all this, but it is difficult to see any major differences between Cosmism and Transhumanism. The main distinction seems to come after we...
Tony Savage
a_lsavage@...
Feb 17, 2000 3:35 pm
... Hi den Otter, You posted the following last December: "You can join the list at: http://www.onelist.com/community/transvision or drop me a note with...
J. R. Molloy
jr@...
Feb 17, 2000 5:03 am
Indeed, let us become as gods. Then shall humans and their paltry machinations wither away, displaced by hyper-cognitive transhumans. --J. R. How do we decide...
Tony Savage
a_lsavage@...
Feb 18, 2000 11:03 am
... Yes, that's correct. With transhumanism, we merge with our machines, symbiotically. IOW, we become bionic cyborgs. With de Garis' Cosmism, we build ...
J. R. Molloy
jr@...
Feb 18, 2000 6:49 pm
... If only an artilect could deal with that, then obviously "we" would not need to make a decision about transhuman opportunity. The decision as to whether...