Comments on: Post Singularity World Envisioned In Upcoming Movie 9 http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/ The Future Is Here Today...Robotics, Genetics, AI, Longevity, The Brain... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Raelifin http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-6509 Raelifin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:21:01 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-6509 Fair enough. On the other topic: I think it's innovative, not in having a machine wipe out humanity, but in having protagonists in such a future be non-human. This makes it almost more a discussion of benevolence in AI, rather than technophobia. Fair enough.

On the other topic: I think it’s innovative, not in having a machine wipe out humanity, but in having protagonists in such a future be non-human.

This makes it almost more a discussion of benevolence in AI, rather than technophobia.

]]> By: Raelifin http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-31440 Raelifin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-31440 Fair enough. On the other topic: I think it's innovative, not in having a machine wipe out humanity, but in having protagonists in such a future be non-human. This makes it almost more a discussion of benevolence in AI, rather than technophobia. Fair enough.

On the other topic: I think it’s innovative, not in having a machine wipe out humanity, but in having protagonists in such a future be non-human.

This makes it almost more a discussion of benevolence in AI, rather than technophobia.

]]> By: Keith Kleiner http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-6508 Keith Kleiner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:45 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-6508 Nick: The plot certainly borrows from plenty of previous works. As I alluded to in the post, this movie represents a broader "machine destroys humanity" scenario that has many incarnations in books and movies. Nevertheless, it is cool to see yet another vision of our possible future. Raelifin: I agree, if we really want to get technical about it, this might not be exactly a post singularity scenario (post apocalyptic might indeed be more appropriate)...but I prefer not to get too technical about the singularity. For me personally, the singularity is a broader idea that technology is advancing ever faster and that man and machine are becoming ever more inter-related. What the ultimate outcome of all this is, whether it involves a self improving ai or not, I choose to de-emphasize that part. Nick:
The plot certainly borrows from plenty of previous works. As I alluded to in the post, this movie represents a broader “machine destroys humanity” scenario that has many incarnations in books and movies. Nevertheless, it is cool to see yet another vision of our possible future.

Raelifin:
I agree, if we really want to get technical about it, this might not be exactly a post singularity scenario (post apocalyptic might indeed be more appropriate)…but I prefer not to get too technical about the singularity. For me personally, the singularity is a broader idea that technology is advancing ever faster and that man and machine are becoming ever more inter-related. What the ultimate outcome of all this is, whether it involves a self improving ai or not, I choose to de-emphasize that part.

]]> By: Keith Kleiner http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-31439 Keith Kleiner Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-31439 Nick: The plot certainly borrows from plenty of previous works. As I alluded to in the post, this movie represents a broader "machine destroys humanity" scenario that has many incarnations in books and movies. Nevertheless, it is cool to see yet another vision of our possible future. Raelifin: I agree, if we really want to get technical about it, this might not be exactly a post singularity scenario (post apocalyptic might indeed be more appropriate)...but I prefer not to get too technical about the singularity. For me personally, the singularity is a broader idea that technology is advancing ever faster and that man and machine are becoming ever more inter-related. What the ultimate outcome of all this is, whether it involves a self improving ai or not, I choose to de-emphasize that part. Nick:
The plot certainly borrows from plenty of previous works. As I alluded to in the post, this movie represents a broader “machine destroys humanity” scenario that has many incarnations in books and movies. Nevertheless, it is cool to see yet another vision of our possible future.

Raelifin:
I agree, if we really want to get technical about it, this might not be exactly a post singularity scenario (post apocalyptic might indeed be more appropriate)…but I prefer not to get too technical about the singularity. For me personally, the singularity is a broader idea that technology is advancing ever faster and that man and machine are becoming ever more inter-related. What the ultimate outcome of all this is, whether it involves a self improving ai or not, I choose to de-emphasize that part.

]]> By: Raelifin http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-6507 Raelifin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:45 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-6507 Technically it's not post singularity unless B.R.A.I.N. is capable of improving itself faster than humans can understand the changes, right? I'm thinking you mean "post-apocalyptic." Technically it’s not post singularity unless B.R.A.I.N. is capable of improving itself faster than humans can understand the changes, right?

I’m thinking you mean “post-apocalyptic.”

]]> By: Raelifin http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-31438 Raelifin Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-31438 Technically it's not post singularity unless B.R.A.I.N. is capable of improving itself faster than humans can understand the changes, right? I'm thinking you mean "post-apocalyptic." Technically it’s not post singularity unless B.R.A.I.N. is capable of improving itself faster than humans can understand the changes, right?

I’m thinking you mean “post-apocalyptic.”

]]> By: Nick http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-6506 Nick Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:45:25 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-6506 I've heard this movie described as something completely new, a plot unlike any other, the second coming of christ etc. I still think it sounds like Terminator meets Lord of the Rings. I’ve heard this movie described as something completely new, a plot unlike any other, the second coming of christ etc.

I still think it sounds like Terminator meets Lord of the Rings.

]]> By: Nick http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/02/post-singularity-world-envisioned-in-upcoming-movie-9/#comment-31437 Nick Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:45:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=4416#comment-31437 I've heard this movie described as something completely new, a plot unlike any other, the second coming of christ etc. I still think it sounds like Terminator meets Lord of the Rings. I’ve heard this movie described as something completely new, a plot unlike any other, the second coming of christ etc.

I still think it sounds like Terminator meets Lord of the Rings.

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