Comments on: Are you a Facebook addict?

By: MatthewQ

MatthewQ — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:23:27 +0000

I suppose, but internet addiction is a reallly mundane phenomenom by now. The concept seems almost like black and white television. People are addicted to their social networking site. Yeah sure.

I guess that’s the complaint- it reallly isn’t news any more. It’s as common as rain in Scotland.

I love this web site. Regular reader. Keep up the good work.

By: Editor

Editor — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:27:16 +0000

I should clarify the focus of KurzweilAI. It is not limited to Singularity issues; our site focuses broadly on information-based technologies — both biological and machine — that are radically changing our world, as we note on our About page. As in Ray’s book The Singularity is Near, we are concerned with both the promises and perils of technology. Experts such as MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle in her book Alone Together have identified Internet addiction as an important issue, one that we will continue to cover. The article is written in a pop style (to appeal to a broader audience), but the study by psychologist Dr. Andreassen is serious and her paper is impressive.

By: MatthewQ

MatthewQ — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:58:52 +0000

I agree with Watta- I’m not understanding why this article is even here.
Not saying it isn’t a relevant article in the tech sense- but it has almost nothing to do with the theme of the singularity. I come to this website for cutting edge discussion and articles on that topic. This artice is more like something you’d see in the Daily Mail.

By: Frost

Frost — Wed, 09 May 2012 00:43:58 +0000

They forgot the choice for (0) Never

Facebook is the antithesis to accelerating intelligence.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:43:56 +0000

What’s Facebook?

By: Toddbadname

Toddbadname — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:16:07 +0000

“I really liked KurzweilAI for the news it provided. But how is this article relevant to accelerating intelligence?”
– By pointing out your ignorance.

By: Khannea Suntzu

Khannea Suntzu — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:42:20 +0000

I just dump my links from scoop.it into facebook with the same attitude as dumping recyclable garden garbage. And so should everyone else. I don’t even visit the stupid data mining site.

By: Watta

Watta — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:15:32 +0000

I really liked KurzweilAI for the news it provided. But how is this article relevant to accelerating intelligence?