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JakobVirgil  ·  4313 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The AI-Box Experiment

Wow "rational" people seem to believe as much woo-woo as the rubes. the belief in Transhumanism and the Singularity as inevitable events is as stupid as waiting for the Messiah (notice the holy capitalization of the three words), dumber even because at least the apocalyptics have sense enough to call it faith.

anyone up for the game I will be the gatekeeper.





StephenBuckley  ·  4302 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Gimme some time to think about it I am definitely intrigued.

JakobVirgil  ·  4302 days ago  ·  link  ·  

cool we can do it on irc or on turntable than the AI could make aesthetic arguments

StephenBuckley  ·  4301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd rather do IRC. I've gotten a few ok arguments together, not sure when I'll have 2 hours. What time is good for you?

JakobVirgil  ·  4301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think I am in mountain time I have been going to bed around midnight and getting up at about 7. I work from home so my schedule is not strict. so pretty much anytime

StephenBuckley  ·  4300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alrighty. Maybe Saturday or Sunday will work.

JakobVirgil  ·  4300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it is a date (well not in the romantic way).

StephenBuckley  ·  4300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm pretty convincing. It might become a date! Don't tell LBerasmoochie.

mk  ·  4301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I want to see this.

StephenBuckley  ·  4301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think one of the caveats is that you can't!

JakobVirgil  ·  4301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

we should record it and release it if both of us agree afterwards.

Rhodes  ·  4295 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey, did you guys ever end up doing this? I would be interested to see how the game is played and maybe participate.

JakobVirgil  ·  4295 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We were supposed to on Saturday I was caught up in a mild traffic event.

Rhodes  ·  4295 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, ok. Have you heard of anyone online where people try this experiment? Sorry I keep asking questions; the idea behind the experiment and the possible outcomes really intrigues me. Heck, you might have just as little knowledge of the whole thing also, for all I know.

JakobVirgil  ·  4294 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Technically no one knows much about general AI or trans-human intelligence because as of yet it is science fiction.

Not to say that a lot of smart folks haven't turned their thinkers on it.