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'Signs of the Singularity' by Vernor Vinge
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6-5-2008 10:17 AM
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Djiezes
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See
http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/singularityspecialreport
for all the articles in the Special Report on Singularity
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><H4> Signs of the Singularity <B>By <SPAN class="name"> Vernor Vinge</SPAN> </B> </H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/spectrum.ieee.org/img/C3AB6BF8-D86B-4341-8E9F-50D68A44C7BB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><P>This is part of <I>IEEE Spectrum</I>'s <A href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/singularityspecialreport">SPECIAL REPORT: THE SINGULARITY</A> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><P>In that event, I expect the singularity will come as some combination of the following: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><P> <SPAN class="bold">The AI Scenario:</SPAN> We create superhuman artificial intelligence (AI) in computers.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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