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Robot Economics

By Raelifin | Published: November 28, 2012

Yesterday I read a question on Reddit which (mostly) boiled down to “What will happen to the economy as robots become advanced enough to do all the work?” Since I wrote some words, I thought I’d cross-post them here, mostly for posterity. This is an interesting question, and one that I think speaks to modern [...]

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Re: Conversations on Strong AI

By Raelifin | Published: August 1, 2011

I am having a conversation with Rod Furlan over on his blog about the possibility of self-preservation being an emergent property of intelligent systems. Just, you know… in case you were curious what I’m up to. Edit: I am commenting. I did not send the original email.

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The Golem War

By Raelifin | Published: June 20, 2011

Here is the expanded version (still not what I would consider an “entertaining” level of detail) of a sci-fi plot I talked about on Twitter. I’m thinking it might work well as interactive fiction. Please let me know if it’s too ambiguous or there’s something you don’t like or whatever. – Part 1 – Julio, [...]

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Threats

By Raelifin | Published: May 10, 2011

Earlier today Aaron Saenz, the lead writer at Singularity Hub (an excellent tech news-blog) wrote a piece called The Myth of the Three Laws of Robotics – Why We Can’t Control Intelligence. In it he dismissed fears of “robot apocalypse”, saying: Let’s get something out of the way. I’m not worried about a robot apocalypse. [...]

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A Description of Egoism and the Singularity

By Raelifin | Published: April 5, 2011

I need to post what I write. I write often, to myself and to others, but so very often I feel as though the ideas and statements inside are somehow not worth publishing. This blog was only ever intended as a personal space; I have no obligation to post here, or any professional interest. So [...]

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