false_vacuum comments on $295 bounty for new Singularity Institute logo design (crowd-sourced competition) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: false_vacuum 02 February 2011 06:41:17PM 0 points [-]

The genetic takeover/substrate migration is a useful reference class, but (although I agree with you that in some weak sense the intelligence explosion is already underway) minds that can rewrite themselves in place will be qualitatively different from anything that has happened before.

Comment author: timtyler 02 February 2011 11:40:30PM 1 point [-]

Sure. Memes were new. Technology was new. Machine intelligence is just the applicationn of technology to minds. The digital revolution has replaced most of our analogue media - with one major exception.

Comment author: false_vacuum 02 February 2011 07:01:55PM 0 points [-]

Also, thanks for linking to that Moravec paper (on your website). I hadn't seen it before, and as I enjoy his writing a great deal, I'll be reading it posthaste (after I finish these damned logos).