Thanks again for your post on Kurzweil. When you search Ray Kurzweil's name on Alta Vista, under Penguin Books, there are some parts of his book, "The Age of Spiritual Machines," posted on the internet. I plan to read the whole book, but my initial comments from what I have read, are, that it is very thought provoking. I am looking forward to reading more to see if he discusses bioengineering. I think this could be the variable, that balances out Mr. Kurzweil's concern about the chessboard scenerio, where we are entering the second half of the chessboard in the exponential progression of computing. As computing power progresses, man will be able to focus that power of computing on reengineering himself, to develop super humans. Who knows, maybe, if as in Mr.Kurzweil's book, ultra intelligent computing networks/computers become self aware, it will create a human crisis that leads to pulling out all the stops, and having an all out war of bioengineering to keep the human race smart enough to outmaneuver machines. If in fact, someday, machines can think, maybe they will try to instantiate themselves into bioengineered humans, so they could try to become human. Maybe it would result in a hybrid, human machine. It would make a good movie anyways! I am looking forward to reading the rest of Mr. Kurzweil's book. Thanks again!
Joe W. |
