barrysweezey's review against another edition
Stuck painfully in 1998 at first, it blossoms to become surprisingly imaginative. In 1998, a program could beat a human chess champion, but it couldn't see the chessboard or move the pieces. Still, robots will become smarter and more able than we, at which point we'll be able to use our laws to protect ourselves and get them to support us. People might opt to give up their legal personhood in order to be uploaded into a device or augmented in certain ways.
Once they surpass us, we won't have a clue what they're up to. They'll launch outward using the matter and energy of the universe for their own ends, perhaps leaving earth to us. They might actually understand quantum mechanics, create new forms of matter, or travel through time.
Once they surpass us, we won't have a clue what they're up to. They'll launch outward using the matter and energy of the universe for their own ends, perhaps leaving earth to us. They might actually understand quantum mechanics, create new forms of matter, or travel through time.
barry_sweezey's review against another edition
Stuck painfully in 1998 at first, it blossoms to become surprisingly imaginative. In 1998, a program could beat a human chess champion, but it couldn't see the chessboard or move the pieces. Still, robots will become smarter and more able than we, at which point we'll be able to use our laws to protect ourselves and get them to support us. People might opt to give up their legal personhood in order to be uploaded into a device or augmented in certain ways.
Once they surpass us, we won't have a clue what they're up to. They'll launch outward using the matter and energy of the universe for their own ends, perhaps leaving earth to us. They might actually understand quantum mechanics, create new forms of matter, or travel through time.
Once they surpass us, we won't have a clue what they're up to. They'll launch outward using the matter and energy of the universe for their own ends, perhaps leaving earth to us. They might actually understand quantum mechanics, create new forms of matter, or travel through time.
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