[x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering

[Jeremy Owen Turner]

how about an official facebook group?

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> ja
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Bogart" <bbogart at sfu.ca>
> To: "Computer Art Vancouver" <x at vispo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
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>  Thanks for the clarification Jim!
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>> I'll leave this thread as is!
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>> Ben
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>> On 13-01-29 11:43 AM, Jim Andrews wrote:
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>>> Hi Ben,
>>>
>>> The list is mainly for announcements. About Group of X events. But also
>>> related things. Announcements about new work, reviews, shows, grants,
>>> and so on. Kurzweil becoming Google Director of Technology is not any of
>>> these, of course, but it's a significant event very relevant to computer
>>> art.
>>>
>>> Occassional discussions are OK as long as they're to the point and
>>> occassional. I reserve the right to moderate the list.
>>>
>>> ja
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Bogart" <bbogart at sfu.ca>
>>> To: <x at vispo.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:45 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
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>>>
>>>  Jeremy,
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>>>> Either way Ray *wants* to be a bot. ;)
>>>>
>>>> I've being working piecemeal on my anti-singularity argument on the IEET
>>>> forums, here is one interesting back and forth:
>>>>
>>>> http://ieet.org/index.php/S=**b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde**
>>>> 67c1d48cff/IEET/more/**cannon20120801<http://ieet.org/index.php/S=b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde67c1d48cff/IEET/more/cannon20120801>
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>>>>
>>>> I have not been on this list for long, do discussions every happen? (or
>>>> just announcements?)
>>>>
>>>> B.
>>>>
>>>> On 13-01-28 01:32 PM, Jeremy Turner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On that subject, I wonder if I am following Ray's official page on
>>>>> facebook... It seems that I am one of three people that like "Ray's"
>>>>> links.. He could be a bot ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2013-01-28, at 12:18 PM, "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  As Steve Dipaola pointed out to me on Facebook, Kurzweil's work as a
>>>>>> software inventor and business man has been pretty spectacular. He
>>>>>> was a leader in three quite advanced areas: optical character
>>>>>> recognition; music synthesizers; and speech recognition. In all
>>>>>> three cases, he developed successful software and associated
>>>>>> businesses and sold them. He has been developing and selling
>>>>>> software since his MIT days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> His writings as a futurist/transhumanist etc. and his writings about
>>>>>> "the age of spiritual machines" are probably more high-profile than
>>>>>> his very solid accomplishments as an inventor and software guy. He's
>>>>>> even written a poetry generator. He's a bit wacky on some points; he
>>>>>> says he believes it could be possible to live indefinitely into the
>>>>>> future. Which makes you wonder if he has a grasp on what makes life
>>>>>> worth living. But he's clearly a good choice for Google if they're
>>>>>> looking for vision concerning AI and a proven business track record.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I guess we're all wondering what he can do at Google about
>>>>>> 'the age of spiritual machines'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ja
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Scott"
>>>>>> <jessecolinscott at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: "Computer Art Vancouver" <x at vispo.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:05 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  He is one of the first AI / transhumanists, no ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2013-01-28, at 12:01 PM, B. Bogart <bbogart at sfu.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Indeed, odd! I'm curious if there are any singularity proponents
>>>>>>>> on here?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recommend the documentary "Transcendent Man" for anyone who is not
>>>>>>>> familiar with Ray:
>>>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com/title/**tt1117394/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117394/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> B.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 13-01-26 11:54 PM, Jim Andrews wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not quite sure what to make of it, but surely 'group of x
>>>>>>>>> newsworthy':
>>>>>>>>> Ray Kurzweil has been appointed Google Director of Engineering.
>>>>>>>>> See, for
>>>>>>>>> instance,
>>>>>>>>> http://www.**engineeringontheedge.com/2013/**
>>>>>>>>> 01/kurzweil-focuses-on-ai-at-**google<http://www.engineeringontheedge.com/2013/01/kurzweil-focuses-on-ai-at-google>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ja
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