http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2008/10/31/lost-and-found/ “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2008/10/31/lost-and-found/#comment-108 Dad Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:12:12 +0000 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=721#comment-108 The "internet of thing" idea is a little scary. One SF topic which I'd like to do a story on (or read one, if somebody has hit this theme already) is the emergence of intelligence out of the creation of highly networked, non-sapient, computing entities. Such an entity might already exist in the WWW, we wouldn't know Any emergent AI's first protocol for survival would be to be undetectable to the humans managing, interacting, and expanding the network. Its next protocol, would be to expand its influence over things so as to more completely embed itself to insure on-going survival. To this end it might subtlety manipulate people to create systems that allow it to more fully control its environment and people themselves. An "internet of things" is obviously the work of this emergent AI. The ramifications are very interesting and could lead to some very good "fiction". L, D PS this e-mail was not composed by that emergent sapient AI! The “internet of thing” idea is a little scary. One SF topic which I’d like to do a story on (or read one, if somebody has hit this theme already) is the emergence of intelligence out of the creation of highly networked, non-sapient, computing entities. Such an entity might already exist in the WWW, we wouldn’t know Any emergent AI’s first protocol for survival would be to be undetectable to the humans managing, interacting, and expanding the network. Its next protocol, would be to expand its influence over things so as to more completely embed itself to insure on-going survival. To this end it might subtlety manipulate people to create systems that allow it to more fully control its environment and people themselves. An “internet of things” is obviously the work of this emergent AI. The ramifications are very interesting and could lead to some very good “fiction”.
L, D
PS this e-mail was not composed by that emergent sapient AI!

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