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"Vinge began by declaring that he still believes that a Singularity event in the next few decades is the most likely outcome--- meaning that self-accelerating technologies will speed up to the point of so profound a transformation that the other side of it is unknowable. And this transformation will be driven by Artifical Intelligences (AIs) that, once they become self-educating and self-empowering, soar beyond human capacity with shocking suddenness."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/bl…
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Okay, let's say a singularity event is possible and is going to happen.
If the singularity is a possibility, and machine intelligence does get to a point where it over takes human intelligence .. what form is this intelligence likely to have?
Maybe its roots will have been laid in this initial programming for the acquisition of wealth (via these stock market algorithms) .. it seems a lot of effort (time and expertise) is devoted to this area, simply because the financial gains are so great. (Came across http://wilmott.com/index.cfm .. there's a huge industry associated with this area that I hadn't ever heard of.)
Will the original function of the algorithms make a difference to the way the intelligence operates?
If this machine intelligence was initially 'trained' in finance, perhaps the 'personality' and shape of the intelligence that's formed is going to be particularly brutal?