Comments on: The future might be harder http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2009/12/01/the-future-might-be-harder/ Social media and web design agency operating in London and Brighton Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ash http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2009/12/01/the-future-might-be-harder/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Ash Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:10:51 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/?p=1671#comment-2803 This might seem a little esoteric, but when you consider that the human brain operates at something like 100 Hz, then you consider that computers operate at around 4000 MHz, then this accelleration is inevitable. If you bear in mind that over the last 20 years, the internet has expanded exponentially, related to some complex equation (which I don't understand) based around these speeds, then there are 2 conclusions. 1. We are heading for singularity - IE, nothing will get any faster, the bell curve graph will simply level out at some point. 2. We can't use the bell curve graph to explain this accelleration any more. We need new models. Indeed. If you consider that our 100 Hz brains have, in the last 100 years or so, invented electricity, the atomic bomb, allowed man to walk on the moon and invented the internet, then consider how quickly a 400+MHz computer will re-invent and re-create itself once it becomes a true AI. I'd hasten a guess that it would happen so quickly that we wouldn't have any time to prepare for it. Esoteric, perhaps. But maybe worth thinking about. This might seem a little esoteric, but when you consider that the human brain operates at something like 100 Hz, then you consider that computers operate at around 4000 MHz, then this accelleration is inevitable. If you bear in mind that over the last 20 years, the internet has expanded exponentially, related to some complex equation (which I don’t understand) based around these speeds, then there are 2 conclusions.

1. We are heading for singularity – IE, nothing will get any faster, the bell curve graph will simply level out at some point.

2. We can’t use the bell curve graph to explain this accelleration any more. We need new models.

Indeed. If you consider that our 100 Hz brains have, in the last 100 years or so, invented electricity, the atomic bomb, allowed man to walk on the moon and invented the internet, then consider how quickly a 400+MHz computer will re-invent and re-create itself once it becomes a true AI. I’d hasten a guess that it would happen so quickly that we wouldn’t have any time to prepare for it.

Esoteric, perhaps. But maybe worth thinking about.

]]> By: Nic Brisbourne http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/2009/12/01/the-future-might-be-harder/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Nic Brisbourne Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:09:13 +0000 http://www.nixonmcinnes.co.uk/?p=1671#comment-2779 Hi Will - the accelerating pace of change is what makes life exciting! Think of this - many are saying that inside the twenty years computers will become more intelligent than people and start designing themselves. Imagine how quickly things will develop then.... Hi Will – the accelerating pace of change is what makes life exciting! Think of this – many are saying that inside the twenty years computers will become more intelligent than people and start designing themselves. Imagine how quickly things will develop then….

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