Tag Archives: singularity

Becoming Mortal

By Raelifin | Published: January 10, 2011

As I’ve mentioned previously, I have a hard time with most science fiction. The only kind of the genre I can really respect is day-after-tomorrow sci-fi; the kind that explores the ramifications of a specific technology on our world as it exists now (Dollhouse is a good example). Most of my interest nowadays hovers around [...]

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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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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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Comic Interlude

By Raelifin | Published: September 18, 2010

Zach Weiner did a comic expressing my take on the Fermi Paradox. I think his depiction beats mine as far as quality is concerned. ^_^

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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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