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iainl140285 · 01-29-2009, 04:45 PM

A key question regarding the Singularity is whether the "chicken" (strong AI) or the "egg" (nanotechnology) will come first. In other words, will strong AI lead to full nanotechnology (molecular manufacturing assemblers that can turn information into physical products), or will full nanotechnology lead to strong AI?

The logic of the first premise is that strong AI would imply superhuman AI for the reasons just cited; and superhuman AI would be in a position to solve any remaining design problems required to implement full nanotechnology.

01-29-2009, 04:45 PM	#5
iainl140285 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 974	Re: AI - Dan Burisch/Jake Simpson/Philip Corso Jnr/William Herman/Kurt Kurzweil/Val V A key question regarding the Singularity is whether the "chicken" (strong AI) or the "egg" (nanotechnology) will come first. In other words, will strong AI lead to full nanotechnology (molecular manufacturing assemblers that can turn information into physical products), or will full nanotechnology lead to strong AI? The logic of the first premise is that strong AI would imply superhuman AI for the reasons just cited; and superhuman AI would be in a position to solve any remaining design problems required to implement full nanotechnology.