1994
Selekoa’s 14 records dated 1994, in date order, grouped by topic.
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Ideas & lineages 14 records
Dated to 1994 only
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“If Uploads Come First: The Crack of a Future Dawn” (1994) credits Robin Hanson as its author. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the year
Hanson’s 1994 article discusses a sharp transition once uploads arrive. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the year
Hanson’s 1994 article argues that, if uploading comes before human-level AI, billions of copies of the first few dozen uploads could fill almost all labour niches, and that delaying uploading while hardware improves would strengthen that early advantage. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the year
Hanson’s 1994 article argues that full social integration of uploads makes a coordinated revolt less likely than segregation or slavery would, and adds that a similar argument applies to AIs capable of wanting to revolt. Evidence ↗
March 1994
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Hanson, “If Uploads Come First: The crack of a future dawn” (1994-03-08) bears on G01. If copying uploads is fast and cheap, their population could outgrow total wealth, lowering per-copy wealth. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Hanson, “If Uploads Come First: The crack of a future dawn” (1994-03-08) articulates G07. If brain emulations can be copied cheaply and selection favours those willing to work for little, copying continues until wages approach subsistence. Names human wages explicitly, for the period in which the upload population expands. Evidence ↗
May 1994
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The mailing-list message “Re: The Singularity (Eder)” (1994-05-23) is sent under the name Dani Eder. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Eder’s 1994 message describes a positive feedback between technology, population and educated researchers, and projects a sharp rise in available brainpower once computers reach human-brain capacity. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Eder’s 1994 message forecasts human-brain-level computer capacity in about forty years. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
Eder’s 1994 message discusses automating the manufacture of computer chips to lower their cost. Evidence ↗
December 1994
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The mailing-list message “Usefulness of the Turing Test” (1994-12-29) is sent under the name Christopher McKinstry. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
McKinstry’s 1994 message proposes evolving virtual intelligences against a conversational fitness function. Evidence ↗McKinstry, Usefulness of the Turing Test (1994) →Claim page →
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McKinstry’s 1994 message proposes that evolved virtual intelligences could interact with people and evolve further. Evidence ↗McKinstry, Usefulness of the Turing Test (1994) →Claim page →
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McKinstry’s 1994 message grants that Turing tests have been criticised for rewarding tricks, and proposes using a conversational system as a fitness function for evolving virtual intelligences. Evidence ↗McKinstry, Usefulness of the Turing Test (1994) →Claim page →