Re: [wta-talk] FAQ section 2: What is uploading?

I was quite surprised to find two of the three terms in the American
Heritage Dictionary as reported by OSX's Sherlock application. I've
not had the chance to read through Mr. Bostrom's initial post - but
felt I should post these definitions in the interest of being thorough.

:)

-crw.

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 07:51 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Nick Bostrom wrote:
>
>> Thanks to those who have commented so far. We have a long way to go,
>> so
>> let's tackle section 2. This has the following questions:
>>
>>
>> TRANSHUMAN TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTIONS:
>>
>> What is nanotechnology?
>
> Nanotechnology: science and practical technology of manipulating matter
> at molecular and atomic scale with a high processivity.
>
> I would actually avoid the term nanotechnology, since tainted, and
> consistently use 'molecular manufacturing' instead.

NOUN:
The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices
from single atoms and molecules.

>> What is superintelligence?
>
> Intelligence (ability to solve hard problems) considerably greater than
> human.
>

Closest match was "saffron" - go fig.

>> What is virtual reality?
>
> I'm not sure whether you distinguish here between:
>
> Virtual Reality:
> Fully interactive immersive realtime audiovisual rendering of an in
> machina model of reality for a human observer or a group of observers.
>
> Augmented Reality:
> See-through Virtual Reality overlay over reality.
>
> Artificial Reality:
> in machina model of reality including accurate models of human
> observers.
>

NOUN:
abbr. VR A computer simulation of a real or imaginary system that
enables a user to perform operations on the simulated system and shows
the effects in real time.
Received on Wed Oct 16 19:31:11 2002