: Hello all,
: Before studies in my 2nd year of university overtake me (and the reading list
: for my SF English class!) I wanted to hash out some ideas, with the forums
: help.
: Now, I recal the stages of rampancy having some kind of relationship to the
: word Aye Mack Secur. Now, after you've all finished laughing at my
: butchering of that word - what are the stages of rampancy? For some
: bizarre reason, the MSP's Rampancy section doesn't have them all listed.
: Only "...Melancholia, Anger, and Jealousy" are listed at the top.
: Now, for another Rampancy-related question: Does everyone agree Durandal, by
: the end of M:Inf (or perhaps Rubicon, but that's another story) is
: existing in a arrested stage of Rampancy? If so, what one? If Durandal,(or
: any Ai) was left in a vaccume to exist for a milennia - would he still be
: in the same state he is when Marathon 2 ends - or something beyond that?
: I'd love everyones input.
I don't really know what the term comes from or what exactly it is, but singularity, that word, I've seen in a couple of places when talking about intelligence. Appearently humans are slightly below the first singularity, whereas if you believe in super intelligent AI's they're beyond that. 2nd singularity, 3rd singularity, well keep going, I don't know where it ends, if it does. However there is huge differences between each singularity. If there was a person with a mind of 2nd singularity, he'd probably look at us as we look on animals.
If we apply this to marathon AI's, and assume they evolves naturally by themselves, each change from one singularity to another are possible to bring out rampancy.
You better look up what I'm talking about, cause I'm making a lot of guesses here.