Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03765
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt [SMTP:sbolt@xs4all.nl]
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 07:13:55 -0700
Subject: Re: Evolution Comparison
[Wilf Rigter] Warning : re-arranged and snipped
Machine evolution is not only happening, it may be in the middle of
its `Cambrian Explosion' stage, where many new species briefly
appear and nobody can know in which direction things will settle.
I'm afraid that this hardy machine species will find a way to
adapt...
The same is true for all machines, but the term `evolution' very
much applies. Machines are evolving a kind of nervous system,
but a brain as we or anything alive understands it won't fit their
bodies.
Best,
Steve
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# sbolt@xs4all.nl # Steven Bolt # popular science monthly KIJK
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So Steve, what do YOU understand Mark Tilden is saying with " get a better
grip on this BEAM thing" (and I don't think he meant a new photovore kit).
>So long as the machines exclusively
>serve their Gods, I've predicted they won't go anywhere outside the
>laboratory or moviescreen. In my opinion, fifty years sounds pretty
>optimistic, unless we can get a better grip on this BEAM thing.
enjoy
wilf
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