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The ancient aliens in the galaxy were computer-based, not "organic." They derived from vastly older civilizations, surviving their original founders, who perished in the long Darwinian run. Some computer cultures were billions of years old, others very recent. They spread, not via starship, but by electromagnetically broadcasting their salient aspects into other computer-based societies. The Empire had been penetrated long ago, much as a virus enters an unknowing body.
Later on, as the frequency of his use on K increased, Dr. Lilly began having contact with another alien intelligence agency, which he called SSI, short for Solid State Intelligence. SSI was a supercomputer-like entity, much in the same techno-mystical vein as Philip K. Dick's VALIS. But unlike VALIS, SSI was of a malevolent nature. SSI's apparent goal was to conquer and dominate all biological life forms on Earth.
The Quran says that the jinn are made of a smokeless and "scorching fire", but are also physical in nature, being able to interfere physically with people and objects and likewise be acted upon.
Jerky » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:56 pm wrote:I wonder if he even understands how close his chosen metaphor is to the insanely terrifying (potential) reality of the situation. The article in question doesn't make that clear.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/inn ... tional_pop
- Jerky
ComputerWorld Goes Partisan
Hate to break it down to you this way, but did you see what ComputerWorld headlined about Tesla boss Elon Musk’s comments about artificial intelligence being dangerous? “Is Elon Musk obsessed or POSSESSED with Artificial Intelligence?”
A simple thought question always works to sort out the wheat from the electric chair, so here goes:
“Imagine that everything in the world was done by artificial intelligence and their human interfaces – the robots.
Now, where are the jobs?”
You see? Musk gets it. ComputerWorld? Well, since their whole income picture is computerly people and their associated interests (and ad revenues) it looks to me like they have gone partisan in the debate over whether AI is good, or bad. They are obviously on the side that will make and benefit from AI – many of their readers presumably are on the invention side of things, after all.
But the other side has something to say…and Musk gave voice to it.
I’d like to be the first to welcome Elon Musk to my Luddite Division of the Future.
Ned Ludd has been made fun of ever since the British Factory Owner Class seized power (which they still hold, and we have a division of them here in the USA).
The problem is, we Luddites will be shown right, over time. The evidence will pile up as resource depletion, energy shortages, peak oil, mass pollution, or The Machine vs. Samaritan if you follow Person of Interest.
When I see someone write “Obsessed” or POSSESSED I think “Aha! Partisans.”
It’s really a hallelujah moment around here that someone, besides me and a few friends, groks dead-end economics when the growth model eventually kills all jobs or kills off all workers…. ain’t no other way out of that maze visible, yet.
Musk is a damn smart fellow…as most of us “Luddites will be right in the End” types are. Eventually we’ll be right…got the latest CO2 readings? See what I mean, yet?
seemslikeadream » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:10 am wrote:ComputerWorld Goes Partisan
Hate to break it down to you this way, but did you see what ComputerWorld headlined about Tesla boss Elon Musk’s comments about artificial intelligence being dangerous? “Is Elon Musk obsessed or POSSESSED with Artificial Intelligence?”
A simple thought question always works to sort out the wheat from the electric chair, so here goes:
“Imagine that everything in the world was done by artificial intelligence and their human interfaces – the robots.
Now, where are the jobs?”
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Lord Balto » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:10 pm wrote:
The problem is that there are so few Teslas on the road that anything that happens to one can be seen as synchronistic, since the probability of it happening is so low.
As James Corbett reported:
More worrying still are Pierre Omidyar’s role in this saga. That this billionaire co-founder of eBay is suddenly so concerned with the state of journalism that he is willing to drop a quarter of a billion dollars purchasing the services of the very man who is sitting on a trove of tens of thousands (or more) NSA documents is odd, especially considering that Omidyar’s record on civil liberties and his network’s connections to the NSA and Booz Allen Hamilton are enough to raise serious red flags about his new venture.
As principal shareholder and chairman of eBay, Omidyar controls eBay’s child company, PayPal. PayPal has recently made headlines for prosecuting the so-called “PayPal 14,” the hacktivists who staged a virtual ‘sit in’ in protest of PayPal’s decision to cut off Wikileaks’ funding by organizing a Denial of Service attack on PayPal’s website. PayPal was co-founded by Max Levchin, a dedicated NSA supporter.
More worrying still, Sal Gambianco, one of the principal investment partners with the Omidyar Network, actually sits on theboard of advisors of Globant, a software company in which both the Omidyar Network and Booz Allen Hamilton, Snowden’s former employer, are major shareholders. Philip Odeen, one of the Booz Allen Hamilton board members, also sits on the Board of Directors of Globant. The Omidyar Network and Booz Allen Hamilton are also both major investors in Innocentive.
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