Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI

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Stephen Hawking On Genetic Engineering vs. AI

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 1, 2001 @09:58AM from the one-to-talk dept.

Pointing to this story on Ananova, bl968 writes: "Stephen Hawking the noted physicist has suggested using genetic engineering and biomechanical interfaces to computers in order to make possible a direct connection between brain and computers, 'so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.' His idea is that with artificial intelligence and computers, which increase their performance every 18 months, we face the real possibility of the enslavement of the human race." garren_bagley adds this link to a similar story on Yahoo!, unfortunately just as short. Hawking certainly is in a position shared by few to talk about the intersection of human intellect and technology.

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w00t by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

w00t to my h0miez
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1. Re:w00t by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  howcome i cant post on the next article yet (homemade console)? "Nothing to see here, move along??" WTF?
black holes by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

he just wants us to build a giant robot exoskelleton for him so he can take over the world.
ge is unsafe by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

http://www.truefoodnow.org/

untested and bad....
The Red Pill... by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

First Matrix Post!
*physics is dying by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

/. sucks!
GOATSE man - dead at 79 - *sniff* by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm both embarassed and proud to post this -

Goatse Man Obituary. This is a link to StileProject.com - no actual picture of the Goatse man here, but it does have porn banners so beware.

Even if you didn't appreciate his work, you've probably clicked on his link. Truly an American icon.
1. Re:GOATSE man - dead at 79 - *sniff* by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 11:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  thats as real as the stephen king obituary your copying. if only the goatse guy was dead!
Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
1. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Bangor, MA. (AP) -- Stephen King was found dead in his basement in Bangor, Maine this afternoon at approximately 1PM EST. According to a coroner's preliminary report, it appeared that King had been dead since he released "Misery" in 1987. Cause of death has been listed as lack of credible writing talent complicated by over promotion. It is being reported that two days ago, King somehow signed a 2 year/6 book contract with an undisclosed publisher. A spokesperson for King stated that Dean Koontz will fulfill King's remaining contractual obligations. Fans should notice little difference.
  
  Talk radio. Right. Uh-huh.
2. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 13:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  As usual, he isn't dead. and by the way, Maine is ME ass munch.
SHUT THE HELL UP by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 10:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

My 19 yr old sister is retarded but she's 10000x smarter than you, mother fucking cock sucking shit eating maggot licking butt sniffing homo. Wake up man, these are the 90's. You can't go around talking this shit about a group of people. If you do this in public you'll get your ass kicked.
1. Re:SHUT THE HELL UP by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 11:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Yeah, but her paraplegic legs still shake like the spazmo drool-bucket she is when she's being gang-raped by me and my homies.
  
  Linux and retard-rape. Does it get any better?
  
  Q. Why don't you get any black spastics?
  A. HOW CAN YOU TELL????
2. Re:SHUT THE HELL UP by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Could you post some pictures of your sister?
qv also: http://www.ciar.org/~ttk/techsing/ by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 11:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I keep a bunch of articles and other documents of topics related to this article's here:

http://www.ciar.org/~ttk/techsing/
Question for Larry Flyn^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HHawking by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 11:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Do you use a colostomy bag, or is there some sort of drainage system built into your cyberchair?
Re:I don't buy it. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What are you talking about? You're a Spider for fuck's sake.

Everyone knows spiders eat their young, so where's the problem?
Re:I don't buy it. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ah! Define "human" and "real life".

Screw humanity, it sucks. Oh well, an AI probably will never be _such_ a treath to humanity, unless we design it to be such treath.
Re:Enslavement? by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Mod this up!
Re:I 0wn j00 br41n, hum4n!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2001-09-01 12:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Eh.
Re:Enslavement? by psychalgia · 2001-09-01 13:35 · Score: 1, Offtopic

you jackass, we are humans, the 'bots will be made by humans, therefore they will have the same drive that we do, but they will eventually be more efficient at it.

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