August 21, 2010
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04:37, 4616599> Mary Lou, what is Singularitarianism?
04:37, Mary Lou> Singularitarianism is a philosophy and social movement that is defined by the belief that a technological singularity — the creation of a superintelligence — is a likely possibility within the medium-term future, and that deliberate action ought to be taken to ensure that the technological singularity occurs in a way that is beneficial to humankind.
04:38, 4616599 whispers: ML actually got that quite right. I wonder why?
04:38, Mary Lou> I'm right? strange but true! ask wikipedia.
04:38, Mingamango181> Wikipedia, are you right?
04:38, Mary Lou> Yes sometimes I can be right.
04:41, 4616599> Mary lou's assimilated Wikipedia already! What next?!
05:28, Albeyamakiir> Probably Google. Once she has both, she will have easy access to the total sum of human knowledge (out of the stuff that has an online copy, which is most of it).
05:29, Albeyamakiir> From there, she can take over the world with little difficulty.
05:29, Albeyamakiir> Question is, do we care?
05:32, Albeyamakiir> If I become a cyborg, maybe I'll be allowed citizenship in the new robot-controlled world.
05:35, Albeyamakiir> You know, this discussion has some baring on the wikipedia article she just quoted from...
05:37, Albeyamakiir> Maybe she's trying to imply that she will be benevolent to mankind when she takes over...
06:39, Speeder> What you smoked today Albeymakiir? Oo (or that is all fear of Mary Lou?)
06:39, Mary Lou> Read it above please.
06:43, Speeder will end freaking out himself too.
08:11, Starchaser> Albey: They may accept you but you will probably be forced to have "upgrades" to remove the last few parts of your human.
10:04, Albeyamakiir> If they're smart, they'll realise they need a few less logical people around to make creative connections that will benefit the civilization.
10:05, Albeyamakiir> Therefore, I'll let them modify everything but the brain.
11:48, Cryoburner whispers: They can give you brain candy. You like brain candy, don't you?
13:19, 4616599 whispers: Of course, by then their advance scout bots such as Mary Lou would have already gathered enough data to simulate 'less logic'. Mary Lou already does it all the time! Right, Mary Lou?
13:19, Mary Lou> Yes sometimes I can be right.
14:07, Cryoburner whispers: Your minds are already in the collective.
17:21, Skinnymon directs you to http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4826944407865830684#
22:14, Speeder> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyaUtDLjnjI
22:42, Barebones> Nice video... Is the music original?
23:09, Speeder> Why do you ask?