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May 14, 2003 at 8:02 am #13367feel_the_rythemMember
Everyone is fascinated towards something in there life. What is that? 😮
May 14, 2003 at 9:08 am #96373Jeff HesterKeymasterWhat facinates me? People who pose philosophical questions they themselves choose not to answer.
May 14, 2003 at 6:38 pm #96389OctoberTheHottieMemberI am most interested in Nauropathic medicine, it fasinates me at the attention that is given to the works of the body and how it can heal itself, and all the little workings that make it possible for us to live and breathe, an idea that never crossed my mind when I went to the regular MD and left with my slip of many prescriptions, does anyone else know what I mean?
May 14, 2003 at 6:58 pm #96378PhilMembersomething that fascinates me is how the opeth drummer can play the ride cymbal so fast!! it will remain a mystery to me!
May 14, 2003 at 9:03 pm #96387LouisSheffieldMembermath problems – almost good enough to qualify as a form of birth control for me 😉
May 15, 2003 at 2:27 am #96376detn8rParticipantsimply… computers. Im always learning everyday…… and it fancies me everytime I learn something new!
May 15, 2003 at 3:05 am #96377magistykMemberWhat facinates me the most… hmm…
To put it simple, life. Everything about it.
May 15, 2003 at 3:49 am #96393darkjediMemberim a geek, computer geek and star wars freak, enough said 😀
May 15, 2003 at 7:33 am #96388OctoberTheHottieMemberI love phil’s pic, that is too funny! lol
May 15, 2003 at 6:00 pm #96385DJHyperbyteMemberWhen I first read this thread, I didn’t know. Although I did think about it several times that day.
It’s something that could help human beings solve every puzzle – or it’s the end of our world.
It’s a computer! No… not just a computer. It’s a supercomputer! Well… no, that’s not really it either. It’s a computer that is fast and smart. Actually, it’s a computer that is faster and smarter.
It’s Singularity!
What is the Singularity?
Sometime in the next few years or decades, humanity might become capable of breaking the upper limit on intelligence that has held since the rise of the human species. We might become capable of technologically creating smarter-than-human intelligence – perhaps through enhancement of the human brain, direct links between computers and the brain, or Artificial Intelligence. This event is called the “Singularity” by analogy with the singularity at the center of a black hole – just as our current model of physics breaks down when it attempts to describe the center of a black hole, our model of the future breaks down once the future contains smarter-than-human minds. Since technology is itself the product of intelligence, the Singularity is an effect that snowballs once it occurs – the first smart minds can create smarter minds, and smarter minds can produce still smarter minds.Links related to Singularity and AI (Artificial Intelligence):
– The Singularity
– Vernor Vinge on the Singularity
– Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Inc.May 16, 2003 at 1:18 am #96392darkjediMemberHmmm yeah DJHyperbyte and then we might have to worry about something like the matrix or terminator happening too. I dont think we should give AI ultimate intelligence and free will, never know what might just happen.
May 16, 2003 at 6:03 am #96384DJHyperbyteMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by darkjediI dont think we should give AI ultimate intelligence and free will, never know what might just happen.
If ‘we’ can, then I also don’t think ‘we’ should. But you know… It would be cool to see such a smart robot. And I don’t doubt that there are a bunch of geeks who will create this – regardless of how bad it might be. You can’t just say ‘we’ shouldn’t do this, and then expect the world’s population to obey.
Remember ‘we’ created atomic bombs too. In other words; if it’s possible at all, it might be unavoidable.
That’s my point of view. 🙂
May 18, 2003 at 9:34 am #96375shearheavenMember…What “Fascinates” me is that you can go away for a while and when you come back people still have the problem of sticking to the topic…;)..Stick to the topic guys please…:p
May 19, 2003 at 12:16 am #96383Spider_manMemberDefinately computers and such…and I’ll have to agree with Magistyk, life is definately incredibly facinating….and a pain lol
May 20, 2003 at 3:19 am #96391darkjediMemberOh i agree it would be cool, i dont disagree there, would love to see that, until it looked at me and said you are flawed you must be exterminated hehe.
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