July 9 2022 Incipient Singularity Report from Insipid Mentifex

[A.T. Murray]

During the week that whizzed past us nowadays, the Anabasis of Mentifex accelerated.

This morning I performed a fiendishly shifty and diabolical maneuver. In the extra postprandial half-hour scheduled for me by the later Saturday opening of this coffee shop, I updated the

http://ai.neocities.org/acbor.html -- "A Cyborg Bill of Rights"

webpage for Self-Promotion Saturday uploading to the scifi subReddit. I removed the page-bottom material pertinent to Ada's Technical Books and I replaced it with the first one hundred authentication entries from the https://ai.neocities.org/eBay.html webpage. Then I posted the link around 5:00 a.m. and immediately somebody from Scotland came and looked at it.

By the end of the day, 180 visitors arrived and were still coming.

https://old.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/vv03yu/sps_a_cyborg_bill_of_rights

In the evening I updated and renamed the Mentifex FAQ with a new beginning.

Why did Mentifex flood the market with Authenticated Mentifex Autographs?

Towards the end of his life, Mentifex decided to use autographed postcards as an incentive for savvy individuals to evaluate the double contribution of Mentifex to the otherwise stagnant State of the Art in open-source artificial intelligence. His double achievements were a Theory of Mind for AI and software to implement the theory. At his own expense, Mentifex signed and mailed out a limited edition set of more than a hundred postcards which could potentially bring a monetary windfall to any collector who shrewdly became a recognized dealer in Mentificana. If the prevailing opinion is that Mentifex postcards are worthless, a speculator may gather up Authenticated Mentifex Postcards against the day when Netizens want to own a piece of the Singularity.

https://ai.neocities.org/mentifex_faq.html -- Mentifex FAQ

[Peter Flass]

Thanks, but I’ve tried to own a piece of the singularity a couple of times
before, but to probably no one else’s surprise my collectibles have
returned pennies on the dollar.

--
Pete

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:53:39 -0700
Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A.T. Murray <menti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > During the week that whizzed past us nowadays, the Anabasis of Mentifex accelerated.

[]

> > against the day when Netizens want to own a piece of the Singularity.
> >
>
> Thanks, but I’ve tried to own a piece of the singularity a couple of times
> before, but to probably no one else’s surprise my collectibles have
> returned pennies on the dollar.
>

But it's a once in a lifetime offer!

PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right could
be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.

But seriously, how can Murray compete against Google?

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:04:40 +0100
"Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:53:39 -0700
> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > A.T. Murray <menti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > During the week that whizzed past us nowadays, the Anabasis of
> > > Mentifex accelerated.
> []
> > > against the day when Netizens want to own a piece of the Singularity.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, but I’ve tried to own a piece of the singularity a couple of
> > times before, but to probably no one else’s surprise my collectibles
> > have returned pennies on the dollar.
> >
> But it's a once in a lifetime offer!
>
> PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
> using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right could
> be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.

Piffle, I was only going to ask a hundred billion for my quantum black
hole, but I dropped it last week so don't make any long term plans.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

Last week?! And only now you're telling us! Head for the hills!^w
antigravity machines!

[Ahem A Rivet's Shot]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:34:34 +0100

"Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:13:58 +0100
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:04:40 +0100
> > "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:53:39 -0700
> > > Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > A.T. Murray <menti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > During the week that whizzed past us nowadays, the Anabasis of
> > > > > Mentifex accelerated.
> > > []
> > > > > against the day when Netizens want to own a piece of the
> > > > > Singularity.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, but I’ve tried to own a piece of the singularity a couple of
> > > > times before, but to probably no one else’s surprise my collectibles
> > > > have returned pennies on the dollar.
> > > >
> > > But it's a once in a lifetime offer!
> > >
> > > PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
> > > using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right
> > > could be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.
> >
> > Piffle, I was only going to ask a hundred billion for my quantum black
> > hole, but I dropped it last week so don't make any long term plans.
> >
> Last week?! And only now you're telling us! Head for the hills!^w
> antigravity machines!

Sick sword SF/Horror story:

Quantum black hole dropped, no hope.

[Freddy1X]

My negative entropy generator keeps overheating. Maybe a quantum black hole
would fix it?

freddy,
dreaming the impossible before breakfast.

--
Subject to Official Rules.

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/| I may be demented \|
/| but I'm not crazy! \|
/|<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<\|
* SPAyM trap: there is no X in my address *

[Charlie Gibbs]

_The Hole Man_ by Larry Niven

--
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\ / <cgi...@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult.
X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy.
/ \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.

[Bud Spencer]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2022-07-11, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:34:34 +0100
>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:13:58 +0100
>>> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:04:40 +0100
>>>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
>>>>> using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right
>>>>> could be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.
>>>>
>>>> Piffle, I was only going to ask a hundred billion for my quantum black
>>>> hole, but I dropped it last week so don't make any long term plans.
>>>
>>> Last week?! And only now you're telling us! Head for the hills!^w
>>> antigravity machines!
>>
>> Sick sword SF/Horror story:
>>
>> Quantum black hole dropped, no hope.
>
> _The Hole Man_ by Larry Niven

Nevinyrral!

--
₪ BUD ₪

[vallor]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:25:43 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:13:58 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:04:40 +0100 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
>>> using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right
>>> could be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.
>

> Wasn't it just moving out of the Canadian arctic circle? Thus a Canadian
> should purchase it and bring it back home, where it belongs.

>
>> Piffle, I was only going to ask a hundred billion for my quantum black
>> hole, but I dropped it last week so don't make any long term plans.
>

> Nothing against the vacuum bubble I placed near the Oort Cloud, so some
> 3 light years away. Since expanding with the speed of light, don't make
> any plans for after that.

Sounds dangerous. I wonder if your vacuum bubble device is any relation
to the scalar devices used to induce strategic earthquakes.

Put none of this is as dangerous as that new product,
about to hit the market:
vacuum bubble gum.


"Tastes like space!"

--
-v

[A.T. Murray]

On Monday, July 11, 2022 at 1:04:42 AM UTC-7, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
[...]

> But seriously, how can Murray compete against Google?

I only have to compete against Google's top AI practitioner or top AI theoretician.

Most persons recently trying to create AI in software do not have a Theory of Mind telling them what to code.

The visitor logs for my many AI webpages show a constant stream of Netizens examining my AI work.

The Mentifex Autograph Postcard campaign -- now at 135 issued postcards -- is a way to speed things up.

Yesterday I finished mailing out the 80 Magus Books postcards that I bought a month ago, so I pause now.

Most of thee Mentifex initiatives suddenly take a surprising turn, so we shall see.

Oh, by the way, it was really fun to think up clever techniques for filling out the postcards.
For instance, I learned to write the name of each bookstore in really LARGE letters, so that any propagated image of my postcard would appeal to the bookstore owners as an advertisement for their bookstore.

Maybe Mentifex is becoming the Banksy of the Internet.

Thanks for all your clever, witty, astounding comments

Arthur qua Mentifex.

[Kerr-Mudd, John]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:36:43 -0400
Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote:

> On 12 Jul 2022 05:00:15 GMT, vallor wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:25:43 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:13:58 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:04:40 +0100 "Kerr-Mudd, John" <ad...@127.0.0.1>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> PS I have one magnetic monopole for sale to a good home. Currently I'm
> >>>> using it in my perpetual motion machine (TM), but if treated right
> >>>> could be a source of infinite power. 1 trillion dollars, o.n.o.
> >>
> >> Wasn't it just moving out of the Canadian arctic circle? Thus a Canadian
> >> should purchase it and bring it back home, where it belongs.
> >>
> >>> Piffle, I was only going to ask a hundred billion for my quantum black
> >>> hole, but I dropped it last week so don't make any long term plans.
> >>
> >> Nothing against the vacuum bubble I placed near the Oort Cloud, so some
> >> 3 light years away. Since expanding with the speed of light, don't make
> >> any plans for after that.
> >
> > Sounds dangerous. I wonder if your vacuum bubble device is any relation
> > to the scalar devices used to induce strategic earthquakes.
>

> Well, it consumes everything in its way. No more earthquakes on earth, or
> anything to worry about anywhere in its path.
> --
> Andreas

So we know who's Fault it'll be.