tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.comments2023-06-05T09:49:35.442-04:00Inventions, Modifications, and IdeasMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845214083423889817noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.post-5908030268831441472018-06-14T13:24:13.282-04:002018-06-14T13:24:13.282-04:00bad linkbad linkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989151990039491252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.post-17956307351368189922016-05-07T16:27:18.903-04:002016-05-07T16:27:18.903-04:00Wow thank you! I have Netflix again!Wow thank you! I have Netflix again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430225386447795627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.post-45696779153085091632016-05-07T16:27:13.212-04:002016-05-07T16:27:13.212-04:00Wow thank you! I have Netflix again!Wow thank you! I have Netflix again!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430225386447795627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.post-22522802922143718532012-11-23T00:35:28.237-05:002012-11-23T00:35:28.237-05:00It's a smart idea for an app, and certainly mo...It's a smart idea for an app, and certainly moves us closer to augmented reality. <br /><br />I, for one, ('welcome our robot overlords', yes, yes), am very interested in your last line there though. How close is life to a game at this very moment -- and would we lose something if all our needs were met without effort, creating our own virtual playground simply to have something to do with our time?<br /><br />A friend of mine recently described to me their own relationship with an actor they met as part of a alternate reality game (ARG), the blur between actor and person, move and maneuver they described was fascinating. The ability to suspend disbelief and focus upon layer after layer of meta-games with those around us, online and off, has become virtually ubiquitous. I believe that the many among us, within the castes privileged enough to not fear their own survival, create 'high-score' status systems to pass the time, to re-appropriate their evolutionary energies that otherwise would succumb to deep lethargy. We create our own games -- and the distinctions between games and reality, the reason why the great civilizations created their Colosseums, is precisely because these great games reflect our need to return, or keep to, our originally designated life. <br /><br />The transition to augmented reality is not a shocking, new, or strange one to me. It is a habitat some have been dwelling in since insular pillars of civilization first coddled them in their ionic crib 2000 years ago.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312302837023897229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4621837990358914445.post-52607998934488682452012-10-22T21:48:52.007-04:002012-10-22T21:48:52.007-04:00There is a distinction to be made here. The idea t...There is a distinction to be made here. The idea that humanity, the individual, and intelligence as known now must be radically changed is almost irrevocably true. A[G]I, genetically 'superior' intelligences, networks -- these all point to the coming emergence of higher than human intellect in a form that may entirely disregard the idea of the 'individual'. <br /><br />Yet "I" am not amused. Humanity is creating these technologies not to replace us but to augment us. Yes, they will be able to replace us, and perhaps we shall eventually become discarded as obsolete meat puppets hindering the assaulting progress of science, but "I" have a question. More than a question, "I" have a proposition. Actually, "I" have an existence, and that is intrinsically enough to argue this: Why should we bother to progress to the point of our own obsoletion? Are we trying to become God? Almighty, all powerful, immortal, and infallible? <br /><br />It is in our humanity -- our limitation -- that purpose of any sort arises. A game with perfect players and no rules is no game at all. There is Experience in our flesh and blood. There is awe and wonder and courage and compassion and kisses and punches and love and hate, and life within us. When individuals, as self-reflexive organisms, decide to do an action with their limited resources, capacities, and ability, they are doing something we intrinsically value. A being beyond this capacity -- this inevitable being that is non self-reflexive, determined, and cannot think outside itself does not hold this intrinsic value of its actions. <br /><br />However, future individualistic AGIs and genetic beings will (may...) have this same capacity humanity does. Whether this evolution is good or bad is not something truly up to us, but it must be admitted there there is still something "Human" about these beings. So I make a distinction. There are some entities which do not hold themselves accountable, whose actions are chosen solely by their creators or environments, and lead inevitable lives. Those are not "Human". Our values, or at least, my values, lie in the individual who is able to choose. Who lives a limited life, viewing one's energy and efforts as worthy, authentic, and even artistic in itself. Who deals with some sense of personal responsibility upon the actions within its control. If this distinction does not exist at all, then we were doomed from the start, and the wheel of time is merely turning back to the beginning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312302837023897229noreply@blogger.com