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someone made fun of you? for running? i'd suggest keep on running and don't give so much thought to silly comments from silly people

i'd like to respond to the idea that this singularity type future is refuted by a lack of evidence from outer-space. or, the idea that because we don't observe aliens with this advanced technology or AI swarms permeating the Universe in some way argues against its plausibility. this argument doesn't phase me for several reasons. firstly, the universe is so vast and spread out that detecting technology that would very likely be on the nano scale if not the atomic scale would be nearly impossible for us to do with current technology. secondly, there is no reason to assume that the technology of an advanced (post singularity) civilization's technology would be perceptible to us. for all we know the technology of this life exists beyond our sensory experience. its compelling given that we don't even experience bluetooth of wifi with our 5 natural senses. thirdly, a civilization this advanced would most likely not want to engage with us as we would be ants to them. so while i'm not suggesting that the singularity is set in stone i do think its pretty compelling. and the lack of evidence in the universe for it is not an example of its non-existence but our primitive intelligence and lack of ability to perceive it. (hey thats almost like some arguments for God).. advanced AI, God.. whats the difference? lol

I'm not sure if i'm adding something of weight to this conversation but what about thinking about sex as a medium? A medium as in Sex is just another human behavior that takes advantages of the usual range of ancillary features of human psychology. In a movie, you want to play around with violence, tension, release, mystery, as you do when you write music. Sex, i think, gets a bad rap. I wonder if its assumed that because sex is primal and functional it isn't a proper "Art" that behaves as other art forms do. (taking advantage of various colors and tones of the human psychology). perhaps, i'm just playing with words, but if you conceptualize sex in this way it sort of alleviates you are the task of finding evolutionary motives for each and every little sexual proclivity. just a thought?

I wonder what the average year you guys think that the singularity (as popularized by Ray Kurzweil) will fall on, if any year at all. For the purposes of argument i'll define the "singularity" as the emergence of artificial intelligence smart than the collective sum of humanity's intelligence. The idea is from that point on the laws of accelerated returns seem to imply a potential burst in intelligence with the AI very quickly rocketing its way to a level of intelligence many orders of magnitude more advanced than the most brilliant of men. So i'm curious to hear the thoughts of a philosophically reflective forum when and if you believe this will happen and what its implications for our species, this planet and its future are. Ray says 2045. I personally think thats a bit ambition. However, I don't see us reaching the year 2100 without some radical shift in our integration with machines.