Comments on: The Artilect War: Cosmists Vs. Terrans http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-artilect-war-cosmists-vs-terrans Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mars http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-artilect-war-cosmists-vs-terrans/comment-page-1#comment-96289 Mars Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:50:30 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=103190#comment-96289 "My dream is to create "artilects," or artificial intellects, with intellectual capacities many orders of magnitude above human levels. The scale of these systems will eventually shrink to the molecular level, with one bit per atom. But high-function systems will still require many bits or atoms. And with that large size comes an enormous heat-dissipation problem. If you can develop a system that dissipates zero heat - using reversible computing, for example - it'll be possible to build asteroid-sized, or even moon-sized, artilects, if you want to get into science fiction. By the late 21st century, you're talking huge computing capacities with 10<sup>30</sup> or 10<sup>40</sup> components. Compare that to our brains, which have around 10<sup>10</sup> -- that is, tens of billions -- neurons." http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.12/degaris_pr.html “My dream is to create “artilects,” or artificial intellects, with intellectual capacities many orders of magnitude above human levels. The scale of these systems will eventually shrink to the molecular level, with one bit per atom. But high-function systems will still require many bits or atoms. And with that large size comes an enormous heat-dissipation problem.

If you can develop a system that dissipates zero heat – using reversible computing, for example – it’ll be possible to build asteroid-sized, or even moon-sized, artilects, if you want to get into science fiction. By the late 21st century, you’re talking huge computing capacities with 1030 or 1040 components. Compare that to our brains, which have around 1010 — that is, tens of billions — neurons.”

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]]> By: WLGJR http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-artilect-war-cosmists-vs-terrans/comment-page-1#comment-96283 WLGJR Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:59:13 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=103190#comment-96283 1040 components (of an artilect)? How did he come up with that figure? 1040 components (of an artilect)? How did he come up with that figure?

]]> By: Let the AIs, not us, formulate a billion-year plan! |Trax Asia™ http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-artilect-war-cosmists-vs-terrans/comment-page-1#comment-41506 Let the AIs, not us, formulate a billion-year plan! |Trax Asia™ Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:37:55 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=103190#comment-41506 [...] (Google car). (I’m personally skeptical of the efficacy of friendly AI long-term, concurring with Hugo de Garis; but read Steve Omohundro’s defense [...] [...] (Google car). (I’m personally skeptical of the efficacy of friendly AI long-term, concurring with Hugo de Garis; but read Steve Omohundro’s defense [...]

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