Dear DC Future Salon Members, Sibley Verbeck will unfortunately be unable to speak to the Future Salon this upcoming Wednesday as planned, due to some...
OOOPS -- It has been pointed out to me that my prior announcement email had a subject header "7 PM, Wed April 13, 2006". In fact April 13 is a Thursday, and...
Hi all, I have recently joined this list, but will be unable to come to the next future salon. Wednesday, April 12 happens to be the 45th anniversary of...
Dear Fellow DC Future Salon Members, Quick Reminder = Meeting Tonight, Wed Apr 12 @ 7 PM (& bottled water for all!) Jeff Medina will be speaking on Friendly...
Seven essays, ranging from 1-page to over 100 pages, on Friendly AI can be found at http://www.singinst.org/friendly/ . Of those, I believe the most...
... =P So now he wants to creat a holy trinity, with him as the father, the "CEV" as he's now calling it as the son, and the AI it produces the holy spirit. ...
Dear DC Future Salon Members, Some of the more regular members (Alan, Jim, Jeff, Ralph, Ben, Izabela & Bruce) were in attendance at the April 12 Future Salon...
Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that our May meeting is a week from Tuesday on May 9: *Tue May 9, 2006, 7-9 PM - Speakers: Robert Hazen and Patrick...
Hello everyone, look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening.... Tue May 9, 2006, 7-9 PM - Speakers: Robert Hazen and Patrick Griffin from the Carnegie...
... I really wanted to come to this, but I have a final exam. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
... Ditto, except I've got final preparations for the Singularity Summit instead of a final exam. Looks very interesting, though; have fun, guys. See you at...
I also cannot make it again. Too much of the "must do" stuff, no time for hobbies now. But I'm working hard on simplifying my life and I'm planning to attend...
While I would normally attend (and this sounds like a fascinating topic), I will be attending a graduation ceremony for a friend. I'll hear about how great...
Hi everyone, We'll be sorry to miss a few of you this evening. The event is still on, I just spoke with Robert Hazen and he is definitely interested in...
Thanks for a great event tonight everyone. For follow-up, Patrick's contact info is: Patrick Griffin <p.griffin@...> I'll email a link to the MP3 from...
I've had a little time to think about the discussion I was having with Ben about the generality of the human cortex. I think the confusion we were having has...
Dear Future Salon Members, Our next meeting will be Wed May 24 @ 7 PM (two weeks earlier than usual). SPEAKER: Prof. Hugo de Garis "Brain Builder" - ...
Hi all, I noticed the AGIRI site is down, so in case you want directions to the DC Future Salon (where Dr. Hugo de Garis will speak about the potential of AI...
Wow, I can actually try to make it to this one! They usually land on the same week I am in Florida each month. -- Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com> CISSP...
Hi folks, ... I'm sorry I could not make this one. ... Was Hugo convincing when talking about the threat? We recently touched the topic at the AGIRI workshop....
I'd like to expand on a couple of points I made during the discussion. 1. Moore's Law isn't real. Yes, I agree that technology is advancing faster and...
Hi, ... I believe the idea is to se quantum "encryption" as an extra layer of safety on top of ordinary encryption. If one is transferring N messages using a...