Category: SYNTHERA

The value of a currency is based on the stability of its ledger. Gold and cryptography are indirect and costly methods of insuring this stability. Absolute verifiability is more efficient. In an age of instant cmmunication and ubiquitous computing, a trustworthy institution can promulgate an absolutely verifiable ledger and define a perfect currency that will rapidly increase in value against national and electronic alternatives. Such a currency can support both local and global economic activities. It will become the dominant planetary medium.

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Computers are not only utilitarian artefacts, they are powerful philosophical instruments. Computers are to philosophy what telescopes are to astronomy. At first sight, pondering whether machines can believe in God seems a grotesque and meaningless exercise. However, it turns out that machines can indeed believe in God and they do so in ways that mimic many aspects of the human religious experience. This sheds a novel light on the question of Faith. A further question beckons: can machines determine if God exists and if so, how? This is also examined; with surprising results.

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Many thoughtful individuals are speaking out about the possible danger of a very advanced form of Artificial Intelligence. This concrete example provides a better understanding of what a Superintelligence could be like, why most opinions about it are incorrect and why Artificial Intelligence can have serious planetary consequences.

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