tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1511948291319199492..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Seven thousand trillion floppy disksGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-21644819787047470162014-03-03T13:38:03.199+13:002014-03-03T13:38:03.199+13:00A thousand trillion stacked for few to see,A thousand trillion stacked for few to see,Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-9534423884038117642014-01-31T19:28:26.440+13:002014-01-31T19:28:26.440+13:00I'd say people are not excited because it'...I'd say people are not excited because it's not a new idea. I still consider it a virtual certainty that the power of the human mind will be superceded, and that emulating it entirely is totally feasible. I don't know about recording the entire state of a particular mind, and I think it's completely unknowable whether that would create "immortality". Whether something Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88437074722158195742014-01-28T15:41:39.088+13:002014-01-28T15:41:39.088+13:00Not many people are excited about digital immortal...Not many people are excited about digital immortality these days. And the Soul-Catcher Chip itself quietly disappeared - mentions dried up around the turn of the millennium.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-77225439561221359532014-01-28T15:38:41.082+13:002014-01-28T15:38:41.082+13:00From a comp sci perspective Minsky and co's wo...From a comp sci perspective Minsky and co's work is a desolate and abandoned side alley now and has been for a decade if not longer.Stephenhttp://vital.org.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-16105925845512711732014-01-28T15:28:32.735+13:002014-01-28T15:28:32.735+13:00I rather prefer the Dixie Flatline in Neuromancer,...I rather prefer the Dixie Flatline in Neuromancer, or the suicidal copies in Egan's Permutation City. <br /><br />And of course the BT scientists might not have been true believers themselves. Then again, Hans Moravec, Ray Kurzweil, Vernor Vinge and Marvin Minsky obviously are. So it's probably safer to take people at their word, absent any proof to the contrary.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-54951370465737965382014-01-28T14:14:40.744+13:002014-01-28T14:14:40.744+13:00How do you feel about the positive portrayals of i...How do you feel about the positive portrayals of immortality via hosted recordings of your consciousness and drone surveillance in Iain M Banks' Culture novels (and actually also in Feersum Enjinn)?<br /><br />I would also be cautious about whether BT researchers *really* thought this was capturing the substance of consciousness -- strikes me as canny PR.Stephenhttp://vital.org.nz/noreply@blogger.com