Machines Talking (+) People Talking (=) ?

sometimes theory is very simple, but powerful. Kevin Kelly argues in “two strands of connectionism” that the interesting developments will come when we bring machines that are connected (google search, Folding@home, etc.) together with people who are connected (think facebook, twitter, wikipedia, etc.). He expects “singularity.” What do you think?

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Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

09. February 2009 by Philipp
Categories: Blog | 2 comments

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  1. sebastian.haselbeck@gmx.com'
    Sebastian says February 9, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    I wonder where this Global AI’s autonomy would come from. All these science fiction movies come to mind where the AI ends, when someone pulls the plug. When does it all become “intelligent”, when does it stop being a sum or function of algorithms…

  2. sebastian.haselbeck@gmx.com'
    Sebastian says February 10, 2009 at 12:58 am

    I wonder where this Global AI’s autonomy would come from. All these science fiction movies come to mind where the AI ends, when someone pulls the plug. When does it all become “intelligent”, when does it stop being a sum or function of algorithms…