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James L. Carroll: Roadblocks to the Singularity?
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James L. Carroll. Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Roadblocks to the Singularity? Book review of "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100". This was a fun book, but I believe that he is wildly overly pessimistic with regard to his predictions concerning strong AI. He proposed six "roadblocks to the singularity" which I would like to respond to in turn. He writes:. I believe that there are three reasons that this is incorrect:. And the Brain is a proof b...
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James L. Carroll: August 2011
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James L. Carroll. Thursday, August 18, 2011. James Carroll's Review of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. My rating: 3 of 5 stars. This book was only so so, and there were two main reasons. First, his evidence:. It simply wasn't that good. And it's not because there isn't good evidence for evolution. But the whole way through this book I kept thinking things like: "I could produce better evidence than that! Second, his atheism:.
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James L. Carroll: The Singularity May not be Near, but You Have Yet to Convince Me
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James L. Carroll. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The Singularity May not be Near, but You Have Yet to Convince Me. I would like to take a moment to respond briefly to Michael Shermer's fascinating article: "In the Year 9595, why the Singularity is not Near, but Hope Springs Eternal" in Scientific American, January 2012. Moore's Law will ultimately fail too late to stop the creation of the hardware needed for true AI. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Web Home page. James L. Carroll has a PhD in. I atte...
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James L. Carroll: June 2011
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James L. Carroll. Tuesday, June 14, 2011. GDP, Going Further Back, Optimism Again. I earlier blogged about Why I am an Optimist. In that post I presented the following graph of GDP between 1930-2011:. My Per Capita, inflation adjusted GDP graph for 1930-2011. I was fascinated by the exponential growth in GDP, even in inflation adjusted per-capita GDP, and craved more data. Since getting data from the future by Hepatoscopy. In any event, I looked around the internet for some more data, and found this data.
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James L. Carroll: November 2014
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James L. Carroll. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. Ferguson, Uncertainty, and a Way to Move Forward. I have been silent about the Ferguson matter so far, but I think it's time that I try to articulate a few of my thoughts on this matter. The testimony of Darren Wilson, and that of those others who saw the event are ultimately unreliable. The result of this, is that I simply do not know if Darren Wilson murdered Michael Brown or not. And I believe that the certainty with which some others (on both sides)...
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The Schofield Family: Happy Birthday
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010. Another year older- and wiser too! Happy Birthday to me. I had such a great day. Brian and the girls surprised me with great gifts, a. Clean house, and my favorite pie- Coconut Cream-. It made my birthday very special, and a day I'll never forget. Wednesday, June 23, 2010. There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.". The difference between school and life?
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The Schofield Family: Morgan's 8th Birthday
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Friday, June 25, 2010. My little Morgan is now EIGHT years old! Holy cow.I can't believe it. It seems like only yesterday I was dropping her off at her first day of preschool. Now she's eight, getting baptized, and leaving the 2 nd. Grade It's unbelievable.I love her so much, and it's crazy how fast she's growing up. Morgan's very favorite TV. We were all so proud of her, and her ears look so cute. Her birthday was on a Friday, so she would be baptized the day after her birthday. About a week before,...
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The Schofield Family: Happy Father's Day
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Saturday, June 26, 2010. This father's day was really special. I bought a bunch of candy bars, and double. Sided tape, and posters. We all wrote our cute little candy bar letters on poster-paper, and then read them all off to Bri. And it was really cool. It was fun and sweet and he loved it. He loved all the presents that we gave him, and the key-lime poke cake that we had was delicious. He loves Toy Story, always has, so we bought the blu. Saturday, June 26, 2010. The difference between school and life?
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James L. Carroll: Welcome to the Future, Why I am an Optimist
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James L. Carroll. Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Welcome to the Future, Why I am an Optimist. A little while ago, I posted a chart I had created on the US GDP to facebook. I created this chart because I was curious about how the current recession had affected the US GDP. This is what I came up with:. My Per Capita, inflation adjusted GDP graph. However, as a friend of mine pointed out, GDP is often not a good measure of "productivity." He cited the following article. In much the same way, the current definition ...
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The Whitaker Family: September 2010
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Friday, September 10, 2010. This is his "gym," I walked out to find him playing with it this way instead of his feet underneath it. Oh well, he's getting bigger. He's still just as adorable as ever. Even with his hair falling out, he's still our little guy. He just gets more fun as each day progresses. I think everyday he does something and I say to him, "that's a new thing, good job buddy." It's just amazing to see him grow and develop in front of my very eyes. Grandma spoiled Rhys as much as she could ...