[x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering

[Jeremy Owen Turner]

some FB groups are very active and generate enormous hype/publicity for
actual events..that is how Erik gets a lot of participants to his groups :-)

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> Discussion on Facebook seems pretty limited, in my admitedly rather
> incomplete experience. Are you (or is anybody else) part of a Facebook
> group in which extended epistolary correspondance regularly occurs? Also,
> it isn't searchable, is it? Old posts disappear, aren't easily
> referenceable. I could have this all wrong, I realize. Sorry, if so.
>
> Does Google offer some sort of umbrella thing whereby you can have a
> regular list and also that's hooked into video chat and whatnot? What's the
> 'whatnot'?
>
> ja
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Owen Turner" <
> ideatron at gmail.com>
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> To: "Computer Art Vancouver" <x at vispo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
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>  how about an official facebook group?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ja
>>>
>>> ----- 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
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [x] Kurzweil is Google Director of Engineering
>>>
>>>
>>>  Thanks for the clarification Jim!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll leave this thread as is!
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On 13-01-29 11:43 AM, Jim Andrews wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  Jeremy,
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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****<http://ieet.org/index.php/S=**b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde**>
>>>>>> 67c1d48cff/IEET/more/****cannon20120801<http://ieet.**
>>>>>> org/index.php/S=**b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde**
>>>>>> 67c1d48cff/IEET/more/**cannon20120801<http://ieet.org/index.php/S=b088321bcb65186863835f0124ebde67c1d48cff/IEET/more/cannon20120801>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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>
>>>>>>>>>> <htt**p://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.**engineeringonthee**dge.com/2013/**<http://engineeringontheedge.com/2013/**>
>>>>>>>>>>> 01/kurzweil-focuses-on-ai-at-****google<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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