@Outsideness Thoughts on Iain M Banks AI/spacecraft depiction? Liberal fantasy, but I like the idea of letting humans along for the ride.
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@howardvaan Coolish -- but why do the Minds not channel more resources into self-improvement? They cease growing at arbitrary scale.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Outsideness OK . . . Apparently they are constantly upgrading themselves http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_(The_Culture) …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@howardvaan They upgrade themselves in a genteel, languid way. Self-improvement modeled on beings who cannot reconstruct their own brains.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness I'm certain at some point we will develop the tech to upgrade our brains.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Replying to @howardvaan
@howardvaan Right, almost exactly now in evolutionary time-scales.
9:50 AM - 28 May 2014
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