Re: The A.I. Project II
- Posted by jbrown105 at speedymail.org Nov 06, 2002
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On 0, Kat <kat at kogeijin.com> wrote: > > On 6 Nov 2002, at 21:00, C. K. Lester wrote: > > > > > > > Start with worm instinct, get a full-potential worm. > > > > Start with monkey instinct, get a full-potential monkey. > > > > Start with human instinct, get a full-potential human. > > > > > > I haveto draw the line there. Some of us are "full potential > > > humans", and are discarded. > > > > Kat, are you saying you've reached your full potential?! I find that hard to > > believe. As long as you have a brain and it can learn, you've not reached > > your > > full potential, right? > > Wrong. I can feel my abilities slipping, and it's a proven fact that living in > total > isolation from society will cause what i feel: slower wit, less memory, and > apathy about everything. I go 3 weeks routinely without laying eyes on > another human, much less speaking to a human in real life, unless i goto a > store to buy something. So yes, i feel like i am past my peak, even tho it > was a much lower peak than i should have been reaching. Creating a > sentient Ai tells me the machine is valued over me. > > I just got a price for *me* to get dsl. It will be installed 60 miles from me, > > cost $80/month (plus installation), in a section south of Birmingham noted for > > high crime and drug abuse rates. There will be no security for the > installation, > and it's a 2hour commute to drive there. Either that, or i learn Perl to get > the > nix shell in Netherlands operational. > > Kat > Then don't be so isolated. Go out and venture into society if you feel like it. If you want a text-based substitute, try a MOO (like lambda.moo.mud.org 8888) or Instant Messenging. (Personally, I like Virtual Societies better than the real versions - but thats just me ;) As for broadband internet, you look into cable, T1, or satilite DSL? Or, at the very minimum, are you using an IDSN connection? jbrown Linux User:190064 Linux Machine:84163 --