takeshi21

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did you ever read "the moon is a harsh mistress"? it is sort of about a computer that can think.

on another topic, i have a bottle of paxil sitting in front of me, but i am a little afraid of it. it was going to be 6 weeks before i could see a counseler, and my heart has been feeling like it is going to beat out of my chest, so my PCP perscribed the paxil. what kind of side effects have you had with it? do you still drink?

Hey man, I have been out for a few days, thanks for the post. I followed up on some of the Q's you have posted if you want to back-journal to read.

Sporks should be bigger here, I don't get it. They are so functional, cut down on dishes... A lazy man's dream! Why do you think they are so big in Japan?

Anyway, Q: Cats or dogs? A: Neither for me. I live in too small an apartment and am allergic to both.

Q: AI. Actually, the problem IMHO with AI is that we are approaching it incorrectly. We are trying to define too much in the way of "programing". Animals and basic life functions are all controled by simple rules that evolve into complex action.

I guess what I am trying to say is that we are trying to put run before we can walk. We need to let AI evolve over time rather than try to build human inteligence straight off. This is really the command sets they are starting to work on with nano, etc. Some cool biological work being done to comprehend what happens on the small scale, that leads to behaviour.

Take baby sporkboy... I seek food. I try to eat everything. I find that some things don't fit in my mouth or can't be broken down. Some go down but don't stay there. Some stay there and hurt my tummy. Some just taste good and give me energy to continue to seek food. I like tasty, my thoughts evolve to - I Eat more tasty. I combine tasty to make new tasty. Viola.. Bacon Cheeseburger!

Start simple, let the commands build themselves. It is the individual experiences that add up to personality ... Intelligence. Animals have several command sets (eat, procreate, shelter) that combine to create more complex or odd ball behaviour. Look at all of us on this site!

Q: Genetics. Humanity will stop evolving if everyone is allowed to live. No culling of the weak. Genetic flaws are passed on and do not disappear from the gene pool. Weak traits are allowed to survive and stop humanity from reaching its full potential. Granted this will take AGES.

Fortunately, for us, we are nowhere near this genetic doomsday and it continues to get farther and farther away as genetic information is being shared, passed and moved around the world, finally, with interracial marriages, more mobile individuals (Not living in the same 10 square miles your whole life), etc...

Fortunately, as well, humans have this odd thing about fashion and taste. We constantly desire to be different from each other. Genetic perfection is unattainable because it will keep shifting and changing. Next year's model will come with green hair, last year's model had webbed feet... What is hot, sexy, smart, desireable changes. Again, look at the people here.

It is all about change! How apt is the Word of the Day, Luddites cannot/do not accept change.

Genetic, Technological and Idiological diversity is a great strength, not a weakness. Mutts are the future!! Half-breeds unite! (or quarter-breeds, etc...)

seems we have a mutual love of things science and sci fi. i forgot we have another polaroid camera a 600 i think... i don't use it much. but i love it.

oh yes, do an A.I post you will have more to say than I did I bet. That MIT site on AI rocks, No? the MIT site is bad ass in general me thinks.

have you been watching Taken on the SciFi channel?

on the evolution of machines and humanity. who knows where it will end. i wish i could live forever and see it all unfold. on the other hand maybe not. *shrug* have you ever read Azimov's Robot series... those Robots were programmed to not harm humanity.

So, I wrote a response and it didn't go through... I will try again... much abreviated

Q: Healthcare.

A: Yes.

2 must have for a modern society (beyond safety and "laws")

1. Universal education.
2. Universal healthcare.

Take care of folks when they are young and old.

Good:
More care=Less fear of death and hording of money.
Currently, Public dollars fund private profit in the drug industry.
More health care for all.

Bad:
Some people won't make as much money (not nec. bad, but people with money = power to make the laws...)
Lesser quality of healthcare.

Sticking points....
Maintain private practices for those who can afford/want tailored care... (as in private schools cater to certain tastes, and provide more personalized attention.)
Don't let health care go down the shitter like education did. Less military (which currently recieves 75% of your taxes - you read Noam C.), more health. More life and less fear of it, less death and less fear of it.

I'll be there in Jan
So you can eat my box then
Dont worry I wax

My .02,

Love is a construct of human society based on a biological need. We don't have mention of "romantic love" in literature until 12th Century France. It has become another sort of religious payoff fantasy that is easier to believe in than deal (in the neo-puritanical society we live in) with the fact that we all horny and need us some luvvin'.

Get away from the expectation or hope of some force of love and the world is a much happier place. Not as fantasy, but ... leave fantasy to healthy parts of imagination, not day to day "reality."

The way out, and still have love? Re-define the meaning of the term.

Romantic Love (not filial or otherwise) = the respect of another being as an individual.

Or, accepting that another person exists (counter to existentialism, nihilism, et al.) and has a perspective on the world that is different from your own. Giving them as much right to their opinion as you give your own.

thanks for getting yourself on the phone. i loooved it. and everyone looooves your facial expressions. whew.

-renee

i couldn't agree more wholeheartedly...it hurts my brain to think how systematic death has become one of the main policies in so many governments all over the world. it just does not compute.
A: art brings a deeper understanding than knowledge.

didja get my stretchy picture i sent?

oh takeshi.
my daddy was a preacher. WAS. past tense.
i went to church every week for 15 years.

=/

that's a funny picture
In 20 years... I want to be happy that's all
Haven't got to the happy point in life

i lived in bloomington for the last 4 years =]

some fuck-up names Joe. He used to work for one of the radio stations here until he got fired for being drunk on the job. Some other kid named Matt M. and then i know a crazy girl from Selma, but if you were from Selma, you'd be crazy too, i guess.

ok, ok the big answer: i'm here because i teach english... my cousin's wife's cousin was the director of english studies at a college, which was my in . ( i wrote texts and radio programs for him long distance, and then got offered a job.) easy work, good pay, travel, vacations... but not exactly my choice country. i liked japan better... but shhhh... if the koreans hear me, i'll probably be lynched or turned into stew.

I've pretty muched worked for myself my whole life... so I have no real wisdom in this department. All I know is this... life is short buddy.

Pixie and Cody are going to be sleeping at the new place while I'm busy...
Kill the roach!!!

ohhh my, that is such a cute pic.

oh my god- happy birthday!

i suck! i was so busy hating boys that i didn't even notice that it was the birthday of one of my favorite boys, here

shame on me

nope- i work at the beverages & more in albany, right next to the ivy room!

that line is one of my favorite movie lines of all times. that movie, and suddenly seeking susan are also the only 2 movies where i liked madonna's acting. what i love most about that movie is that it's one of the few chick flicks [and i abhorr chick-flicks, btw] that guys REALLY like [not just say they like to appease their girlfriends]. hell, even joe bob likes it!

happy belated bday. sorry, i'm a day late.

You are one popular guy... are you really 28? You honestly look about 22. Hmmmm. Well Happy birthday I hope you get the nookie

happy birthday you

Happy damn birthday!