Re: Technological singularity

On Jul 5, 10:25 am, Ian Smith <ianinho...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:27 -0700, ttrroonni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
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> > The technological singularity is a theoretical point in the future of
> > unprecedented technological progress, caused in part by the ability of
> > machines to improve themselves using artificial intelligence.[1]
>
> <snip>
>
> All alien civilisations will have met this singularity with the same
> result; utter destruction. This is why we have had no contact with
> extraterrestrials; once they become advanced enough to produce
artificial
> intelligence, death by machine inevitably follows. I expect no different
> from humanity. Even if we somehow survive or head off such a
singularity,
> there is the prospect of facing alien super-machines which have already
> destroyed their own parent civilisations; roving the cosmos to
anihilate/
> assimilate all life (and each other). Eventually there will be only one
> supreme machine in control of the entire universe. At which point it
> might decide to "press the big reset button", causing the mother of all
> explosions ("Big Bang"). Hope this helps.

black holes are the result of experiments by nervous physicists