Vernor Vinge on 2002

This AI Prediction was made by Vernor Vinge in 2002.

 

Predicted time for AGI / HLMI / transformative AI:

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Opinion about the Intelligence Explosion from Vernor Vinge:

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Flycer’s explanation for better understanding:

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The future of humanity with AGI / HLMI / transformative AI:

I’m inclined toward the optimistic, but very pessimistic things are possible. I don’t see any logical inescapable conclusion.

 

Flycer’s Secondary Explanation:

I have an optimistic outlook, but I recognize that bad outcomes are possible. I cannot come to a definite conclusion. There is no logical certainty.

 

 

About:

Vernor Vinge was an American science fiction author, computer scientist, and mathematician. He is best known for his Hugo Award-winning novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992) and A Deepness in the Sky (1999), as well as his novella True Names (1981), which is considered a seminal work of the cyberpunk subgenre. Vinge also wrote several short stories, including “The Ungoverned” (1984) and “Fast Times at Fairmont High” (2002). He was a professor emeritus at San Diego State University.

 

 

 

 

 

Source: http://www.kurzweilai.net/singularity-chat-with-vernor-vinge-and-ray-kurzweil

 

 

Keywords: optimistic, pessimistic, logical