“A good analogy is stretching a rubber band. You can stretch and stretch and even feel the tension increase in the muscles in your hands and arms as the gap from one end of the band to the other widens. But at some point you reach the limits of elasticity of the band and it snaps. The same thing happens with human systems.” FeelsHumansEndsHandsHappensArmsBandLimitsIncreaseThings HappenTensionMusclesGapsSnapsStretchingAnalogiesRubberElasticityRubber Bands Author:John L. Casti
“I think that in the immediate aftermath of a superhuman machine intelligence revealing itself, most people would feel very threatened but take solace in the thought that we can always pull the plug.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMachinesThreatenedRevealingSolaceAftermathPlugsSuperhuman Author:John L. Casti
