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Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by paulbaumgart on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:44PM (#13242129)
It just might be smart enough to figure out a way around that.
Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by fjdlwlv on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:29PM (#13242600)
Naturally , Asimov already wrote about this. _The Last Question_ and _The Last Answer_

Really,Asimov is more on point and more fun to read than all these Superintenlligence pundits

Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by erikpukinskis on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:59PM (#13246889)
Ooh thanks for this. I've read THQ at least once before, but am really enjoying reading it again. I really liked this bit, emphasis mine as it relates to our current spectating of a dying ecosystem:

"Unhappily, Zee Prime began collecting interstellar hydrogen out of which to build a small star of his own. If the stars must someday die, at least some could yet be built."

Re:Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People by Twisell on Friday December 23, 2016 @02:10AM (#13243375)
He actually even wrote about the current debate. In his multiverse robots were actually banned from earth by bigots at some point.

I miss him I only started to read his book after his death. RIP Good doctor