tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post8407265511060722604..comments2024-03-28T02:14:56.184-07:00Comments on Giulio Prisco: In Whom we live, move, and have our beingGiulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-63664497394667506972010-03-30T08:36:37.068-07:002010-03-30T08:36:37.068-07:00Thanks Luis! We are discussing related issues (fro...Thanks Luis! We are discussing related issues (from an anthro-sociology point of view) <a href="http://giulioprisco.blogspot.com/2010/03/apocalyptic-ai-book-presentation-and.html" rel="nofollow">tonight in Second Life at 7pm</a>. You are welcome if you can come.Giulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-40550820433277003172010-03-30T04:52:09.637-07:002010-03-30T04:52:09.637-07:00Great post Giulio! Thanks for sharing!Great post Giulio! Thanks for sharing!Luis Sotilloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472355988482463695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-55202217439560228462010-03-29T22:36:17.048-07:002010-03-29T22:36:17.048-07:00@Byrant: I also hope that some day we do have the ...@Byrant: I also hope <i>that some day we do have the ability to discover and resurrect our ancestors.</i><br /><br />When these ideas are discussed in transhumanist circles, here is where many people have a knee-jerk reaction and stop listening. This is probably due to the fact that they have made great efforts to shed their religious upbringing, and are afraid of falling back into religion.<br /Giulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-24936838863333909522010-03-29T22:25:10.749-07:002010-03-29T22:25:10.749-07:00@Extropia: I am comparing the essay with the book ...@Extropia: I am comparing the essay with the book section. The book has a compacted and edited version of the essay.<br /><br />Perhaps, when we detect the neurons and synapses of the Mind (or, to use another metaphor, the circuits of the cosmic computer which is running our reality), we call them particles and fields. In other words, instead of saying that the Mind <i>is simulating</i> the Giulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-8602677925897705242010-03-29T22:16:22.469-07:002010-03-29T22:16:22.469-07:00A wonderful essay, Giulio.
From your quote of the...A wonderful essay, Giulio.<br /><br />From your quote of the interview with Hans Moravec, it says, "As Moravec puts it, 'We are their past, and they will be interested in us for the same reason that today we are interested in the origins of our own life on Earth.'" This reminds me of something Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, said when briefly expounded on the writings ofBryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060152533681515365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-69247789558428041602010-03-29T22:13:35.178-07:002010-03-29T22:13:35.178-07:00@Lincoln: thanks for the links. I see that the par...@Lincoln: thanks for the links. I see that the parallels with our ideas are especially evident in the Mormon tradition. However, I suspect they are also present in other tradition (Christian or not) in a more hidden form.Giulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-22735522539371286892010-03-29T22:07:53.680-07:002010-03-29T22:07:53.680-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060152533681515365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-74770077104268639572010-03-29T18:51:15.653-07:002010-03-29T18:51:15.653-07:00. . . and they suggest that our minds have long ai.... . . and they suggest that our minds have long aimed at transhumanism. I call that divine inspiration.Lincoln Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009185417814627678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-19474513280316771502010-03-29T18:49:01.056-07:002010-03-29T18:49:01.056-07:00I enjoyed your post, Giulio. Berkeley was referenc...I enjoyed your post, Giulio. Berkeley was referencing a passage from the New Testament (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/acts/17/28#28). Mormon scripture contains an elaboration of the idea (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/88/41-50#41). Of course, these are not and should not be understood as scientific descriptions of anything, but they enable us to make associations between our understanding of Lincoln Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009185417814627678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-35676042577040467962010-03-29T15:45:11.941-07:002010-03-29T15:45:11.941-07:00I notice there is a section in Moravec's book ...I notice there is a section in Moravec's book 'Robot' with the title 'Pigs In Cyberspace'. I do not know if it is a straight copy of his 1992 essay or something else entirely, just thought you would like to know.<br /><br />A fascinating idea was proposed by a computer scientist called Jonathan Burns. When the universe was in its quark-gluon plasma phase "just maybe the Extropia DaSilvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835594840650345569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-6927856797491916702010-03-29T10:01:59.806-07:002010-03-29T10:01:59.806-07:00More info and links on this great novelette:
http...More info and links on this great novelette:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Colder_War<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_MadnessGiulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-57723290710891187372010-03-29T09:32:36.020-07:002010-03-29T09:32:36.020-07:00Great short story Khannea, thanks! Lovecraftian te...Great short story Khannea, thanks! Lovecraftian tech loose in WW3. Stross is the best.Giulio Priscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-85287494866108220692010-03-29T04:17:16.476-07:002010-03-29T04:17:16.476-07:00The eater of souls
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/...The eater of souls<br /><br />http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htmKhanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191101857598532784noreply@blogger.com