Category Archives: Thoughts

Problem Not Solved: Unfriendly AI

By Raelifin | Published: December 16, 2010

Garry Kaspian walked into the toharina gymnasium cautiously. He was out of his element here; completely exposed to whatever these alien beings might chose to do to him. Kaspian was valued by the tohar because he was incredibly good at playing Lome, a sport of theirs similar to basketball. The tohar had no hands, only [...]

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One Genius or Two Normals

By Raelifin | Published: December 7, 2010

Let’s say you have a puzzle. Who would you rather hire to solve it: two strangers from the street-corner or an intellectual giant (Einstein, Da Vinci, whomever). Let’s say that this puzzle relates to cutting-edge science and technology. How many people of average intellect equal one genius?

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AGI Braindump Sept 2010

By Raelifin | Published: September 20, 2010

I wrote this up for someone who was interested in my thoughts on Artificial General Intelligence, and I thought I’d post it here as a kind of time capsule to show the state of my mind right now. If anyone has any questions or answers, please leave a comment. ^_^ With regard to AI, it’s [...]

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The Problem with Sci-Fi

By Raelifin | Published: August 27, 2010

WARNING: Rant ahead. Turn back now, or face my blabbering! I have a problem with science fiction: it’s too pessimistic. I don’t mean this in a “dystopian” sense, either. I mean that visions of the future are haphazard in what technologies exist, and what people will need to do to survive. In the future, treadmills [...]

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I’m still thinking about AGI

By Raelifin | Published: August 25, 2010

It’s been almost two months since I last posted anything. This is mostly due to keeping posts in perpetual draft status, but I’ve also been doing stuff like traveling across the country. Thanks to long bus rides I’ve finally read a good chunk of Artificial General Intelligence, and I’ve been a bit inspired (gasp!) to [...]

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