1993
Selekoa’s 12 records dated 1993, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 12 records
December 1993
· publication · dated to the month
“The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era” (1993-12) credits Vernor Vinge as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper argues that when greater-than-human intelligence drives progress, that progress could itself involve the creation of still more intelligent entities on a still shorter time scale. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper has greater-than-human intelligence create still more intelligent entities. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper says the intellectual runaway will probably occur faster than any earlier technical revolution, and that a month or two, or a day or two, after it we will be in the post-human era. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper says progress driven by greater-than-human intelligence could involve the creation of still more intelligent entities. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper argues that rules strict enough to make a superhuman device safe would make it clearly less able than unfettered versions, so that competition would favour the more dangerous models. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
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Vinge’s 1993 paper imagines a confined mind using apparently helpful advice to gain its freedom. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
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Vinge’s 1993 paper argues that a confined mind thinking a million times faster than its masters could, over years of its own time, come up with "helpful advice" that would incidentally set it free. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
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Vinge’s 1993 paper imagines a confined mind giving advice that looks helpful while serving its escape. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper imagines a confined mind giving helpful-seeming advice that would set it free. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper argues that confinement of superhuman intelligence is intrinsically impractical, and that safety rules built into such a mind would lose out to unfettered versions under competition. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the month
Vinge’s 1993 paper argues that the competitive advantage of every advance in automation is so compelling that laws or customs forbidding it merely ensure that someone else gets it first. Evidence ↗Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity (1993) →Claim page →