Sunday, October 09, 2005

The Singularity and evolution

Will the advance in computing power create a mind greater than ours in the next 20 years. Will it serve us or us it? This is the topic of Ray Kurweil's new book "The Singularity is Near:a When Humans Transcend Biology". Again the anthropic principal raises its head. Isn’t it amazing that we are here at this point in time in the history of the universe?

Today was a rainy day so I worked out at Holiday Health. It seems that I need exercise to feel well. My knee with the broken cartilage provides a continual dull throbbing pain but one gets use to it. The stationary bicycle provided some exercise with an increase in heart rate without an increase in pain. My mood is improved. We will see how I feel tomorrow.

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