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RE: Technological Singularity

I think it's been mentioned here before but it's worth reading Dr. Vinge's
latest book "A Deepness in the Sky".  Apart from being an excellent story,
it features an interface to a ubiquitous system that's several degrees more
intimate than even Don's efforts.

Philip

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> Subject:	Technological Singularity
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> I was reading this writeup from Dr Vernor Vinge:
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>    http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html
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> And ran acroos something very interesting.  I had not thought of wearables
> in quite this way before.
> 
> 
> The meat of it:
> 
> "we are on the edge of [...]the imminent creation by technology of
> entities with greater than human intelligence.
> 
> There are several means by which science may achieve this breakthrough:
> 
> [...]
> 
> 4) Computer/human interfaces may become so intimate that users may
> reasonably be considered superhumanly intelligent."
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> 
> We're getting there...
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> 
> 
> Don P
> http://aeinnovations.com
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