I believe some pretty sketchy things: I believe that the premise of strong AI is sound. I believe that artificial life is already here. I believe the premise of molecular nanotechnology is sound. I believe the premise of cryonics. I believe the premise of brain taping. Given that I believe all that (I blame years of science fiction ...

Preface Ever since Vinge's innovation feedback loop idea was introduced to me nearly twenty years ago, I've always been very interested in searching for and understanding the damping mechanisms for it. I had a feeling that Vinge and especially Kurzweil have oversimplified. This was something that I suspected vaguely for quite some ...