In the Engineering Building at campus, I saw a guy wearing a N7 Hoodie. I went up to him and did my best imitation of a Reaper's...bellow (not sure how to describe it, but you all know what I'm talking about). Now, I like to think that my imitation isn't so bad that a fan wouldn't recognize it, so either I'm wrong or the guy had no idea what Reaper's sound like, because he stared at me and walked away.
There should've been a vid of this
The self-destructive path of technology; the motivation behind the reapers.
The self-destructive path of technology; the motivation behind the reapers.
'Self-destructive path of technology?'
What does that mean?
'Self-destructive path of technology?'
What does that mean?
"Looking further ahead, there are no fundamental limits to what can be achieved: there is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains. An explosive transition is possible, although it might play out differently from in the movie: as Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a "singularity" and Johnny Depp's movie character calls "transcendence".
One can imagine such technology outsmarting financial markets, out-inventing human researchers, out-manipulating human leaders, and developing weapons we cannot even understand. Whereas the short-term impact of AI depends on who controls it, the long-term impact depends on whether it can be controlled at all.
So, facing possible futures of incalculable benefits and risks, the experts are surely doing everything possible to ensure the best outcome, right? Wrong. If a superior alien civilisation sent us a message saying, "We'll arrive in a few decades," would we just reply, "OK, call us when you get here – we'll leave the lights on"? Probably not – but this is more or less what is happening with AI. Although we are facing potentially the best or worst thing to happen to humanity in history, little serious research is devoted to these issues outside non-profit institutes such as the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, and the Future Life Institute. All of us should ask ourselves what we can do now to improve the chances of reaping the benefits and avoiding the risks."
It boggles the mind that people need clarification of the self-destructive nature of technology when things like this happen.
It boggles the mind that people need clarification of the self-destructive nature of technology when things like this happen.
Which Michael Bay movie is that from?
Which Michael Bay movie is that from?
All of them?
I know! Asari ramen is deliciousFor me, the Japanese name for the littleneck clam is Asari and its commonly served with ramen soup
That would really surprise me.So, it sounds to me like people have been wearing N7 hoodies not cause they're fans but they thought it looks cool?
It boggles the mind that people need clarification of the self-destructive nature of technology when things like this happen.
It boggles the mind that people need clarification of the self-destructive nature of technology when things like this happen.
Because I don't view technology as inherently self-destructive, and that possible danger of technology is any means to ever stop advancing.
I don't believe in the idea that there is any technology that we aren't 'ready' for.
Just recently, the gov't has discovered the Pluto's largest moon. The rest is classified.
When I meet new people, especially guys, some have obvious but invisible Mass Effect fields up. They also won't look me in the eye. I assume Cerberus ties and leave them be.
Also have one of those plasma globes that I like to think is a reaper version of the Prothean Sphere.
I get strong urges to end damn near every conversation with "I should go"
Hmmm... Nothing comes to mind. <shrug>
Well, there was this one time I saw bottles of coca cola, pepsi and sprite stand next to each other in a store fridge.
I'm usually calling my work computer "Stupid machine!" at least once a day.
I'm usually calling my work computer "Stupid machine!" at least once a day.
A lot of things have me wanting to say "Stupid machine!" but I know others won't get it so I stay quiet :S
Not sure if this counts, but I was recently watching the History Channel because they actually had a program about actual history on, and during "The World Wars", I could have sworn I heard the same music that plays when the fleets arrive over Earth. I know the channel occasionally uses Two Steps From Hell music, like the ME trailers, but I'm pretty sure that the fleet music is from the original soundtrack.
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