BlogRoll
Two new sites added, and I actually know these guys in real life, I think that’s a first…
Month: November 2002
Awards
All Things Blog have announced their nominations for the Annual ATB Blog Awards, and it’s good to see a few of my regular reads (as featured in my BlogRoll) nominated. Very well deserved, go and vote now!
Of course I’m not in the slightest bit jealous. No, I’m not, as Nick Cave wrote in a letter to MTV (link via AMC):
“My relationship with my Muse is a delicate on at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty to protect her from the influences that may offend her fragile nature.”
I couldn’t have put it better myself.
(Aww OK, I’m a teeny bit jealous… happy now?)
Staring into the Singularity
Singularity is the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence.
If computing speeds double every two years,
what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research?
Computing speed doubles every two years.
Computing speed doubles every two years of work.
Computing speed doubles every two subjective years of work.
Two years after Artificial Intelligences reach human equivalence, their speed doubles. One year later, their speed doubles again.
Six months – three months – 1.5 months … Singularity.
Plug in the numbers for current computing speeds, the current doubling time, and an estimate for the raw processing power of the human brain, and the numbers match in: 2021.
Ignoring some of the mathematics involved (well not completely, but you can skim those sections and still get the jist of the article) the full article is a fascinating read. It can be heavy going, but stick with it as best you can. I think it’ll require a couple of re-reads to fully sink in, but my head hurts after just one session.
Alternatively, for an overview, visit the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
Xmas pressie for me!
If anyone feels like getting me something for Xmas, please let it be a LEGO Mosaic. But nothing too big please.
Oh dear
This is NOT good… this means I will spend most of tonight hunting through my collection (which makes it sound like I’ve got a lot more than the 10-15 I own) for extra hidden bits… fancy doing the same? Head over to
DVD Easter Eggs and find out what else is on your favourite DVD.
Remembrance
We will never have another World War like those that have happened in our past. We all too quickly forget the sacrifice and bravery of the men and women who fought in those wars.
Take a moment to think about them, and buy a poppy.
Never let the memory fade.