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veen  ·  3721 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Road to Superintelligence

Some thoughts:

1) Is it really omniscience if I have a personal assistant that provides information for me? Technically, Siri and Wikipedia does just that, and this isn't a solution to the physical constraints of the brain. The way you describe it, it seems to me more like a Nike+ for neural information, analyzing my thoughts instead of my running speed to provide more information about myself. But it's still an indirect system.

3) The 3D printing trend is fascinating to follow, but I'm not convinced we'll soon be creating everything we want from our homes. So many shortcuts are taken from the current production lines that it will face massive resistance. And besides, those materials need to come from somewhere.

4) The description could just as well be about the internet itself, with its improved connectivity, abundance and education potential. Yet most of the Internet's users use it to look at funny pictures and shallow articles. Not something that overcomes prejudice, surpression and dictatorship. (Yet?)