My own perspective is that neither Big Data nor Big Processing nor
Intelligence, however they may be defined, is sufficient for achieving "the
Singularity". It requires actuators in physical space (3-D printers,
anyone?) of sufficient capability to build improved actuators so that
improvements in information/knowledge space can translate into improved
hardware capabilities to implement better information/knowledge space
capabilities and so on in what is hopefully an exponential runaway (positive
feedback loop - also known as "feedback") process. My own opinion is that
"frictional losses" and "inherent latency" associated with
communicating/disseminating knowledge will begin to dominate this process
and keep it from staying exponential for very long (if it is in fact
exponential now - a very debatable point). In other words, there won't be a
Singularity - only a fast but long and possibly erratic elevator ride (as
specific fundamental physical laws are uncovered and obstacles overcome). (01)
Hans
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(IMHO this is a topic of ontology...) (03)
It is a topic of discussion among technologists.
Ask what the Singularity means, and you will get several answers. (04)
Some of these answers compound Big Processing with Big Data.
Some of these answers confound Big Data with Intelligence (05)
So I try to be sympathetic and reason with them arguing connectionist
systems vs grammar based systems. This has resulted in little success. (06)
What is the best way to address the "Potential of the Singulairty"? (07)
-John Bottoms (08)
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