I forgot to mention True Names by Doctrow and Rosenbaum. One of the best on this subject IMO.
I had read most of this many years ago...not sure why I didn't finish then but glad I did this time. Thanks for the link.
Also I think the answer is to contine to evolve and constantly push against ones limits rather than outsourcing the work andliving a life Iif leisure as the majority did after the change.
I loved accelerando...just read the Chiang story, great but was disapointed by the outcome. I wont discuss why to avoid spoilers
Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks for the suggestion!
I enjoy reading singularity themed sci-fi especially if it focuses on bootstrapping and power leveling. Most recently, I read Stross and Doctrow's Rapture of the Nerds ( http://craphound.com/rotn/download/ the third part is especially interesting), and the my little pony fanfic Friendship is Optimal ( http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/friendship-is-optimal ). I happened upon a link to the latter on this site and it was a nice surprise. However, I'd prefer to be kept abreast of new releases in this genre in a more reliable way and I'm guessing many others here would as well. Accordingly I propose that we exchange recommendations in this thread, or if there is already such a thread that somebody link to it.
-sS
Is there really a way of simulating people with whom you interact extensively such that they wouldn't exist in much the same way that you would? In otherwords are p-zombie's possible, or more to the point are they a practical means of simulating a human in sufficient detail to fool a human level intellect.
Just what one experiences, with the external world that we agree upon going by consensus reality. Is that what you were asking.
I've been a more than a year without caffeine and glad to be rid of it. Very potent drug which is abused almost ubiquitously.