Re: What shock level is Kurzweil's recent book?

From: Eric Rauch (erauch@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 18 2006 - 13:16:31 MDT


He talks about intelligence becoming the most powerful force in the Universe
and manipulating the Universe's laws to suit its needs. I think that
qualifies as SL4

On 4/18/06, Brian Gyss <brian.gyss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Philip:
>
> I'd probably say somewhere around SL3, because he really doesn't hit
> on any of the Jupiter Brain stuff.
>
> -b
>
> On 4/18/06, Philip Goetz <philgoetz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What shock levels would you say Kurzweil spends most of his time on in
> > his recent book _The Singularity is Near_? (I would comment, but my
> > notes are on my laptop, and without them I don't remember what was in
> > the book.)
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Brian Gyss
> brian.gyss@gmail.com
>
> "Film is like a battlefield"
> - Samuel Fuller
>
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