They are named in order of scope and power: " superintelligences " ( SI ), " matter-fountains / matter-sinks " and finally the " high-powers ".

Again, these attributes should not be treated as ethical description, although negative superintelligences are in general described as being more sinister.

The notion that the universe is dominated by a communications network of superintelligences bears comparison with Olaf Stapledon's 1937 science-fiction novel Star Maker, although Stapledon's advanced civilizations are said to communicate psychically rather than informatically.

Proponents of the singularity typically state that an " intelligence explosion ", where superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds, might occur very quickly and might not stop until the agent's cognitive abilities greatly surpass that of any human.

`` We are ready for your next mysterious assignment '', said Mr. Baer to the Hetman.

So successful has been this program, worked out by white and Negro civic leaders, that further extensions are expected in the next few months.

If it will simply delay the debates until the qualifications are closed next spring, and then carry all the candidates on a tour of debates, it can provide a service to the state.

These cases in which light is already visible at the other end of the tunnel are ones which over the next few years will absorb the bulk of our capital assistance.

The first Atlas ICBM's are now operational, the first two Polaris submarines are expected to be operational this calendar year, and the first Titan ICBM's next year.

There are more than 8,000,000 recreational boats in use in the United States with almost 10,000,000 the prediction for within the next decade.

Keep ashes from one barbecue to the next to sprinkle over coals if they are too hot, and to stop flames that arise from melting grease.

Has your company developed selection and training processes that are geared to providing the caliber of salesmen you will need in the next 10 yrs.??

This makes it certain that Federal expenditures for military preparedness and foreign economic aid are likely to rise further in the next several years.

The modern student, who knows what was to come next, is likely to place first the factors of change which are visible in the eighth century.

we are reminded of this at the end of the next scene, when his theme cuts through the warmth of the love duet, again throwing a chill over the atmosphere.

He knew instinctively that next to voice and face an actor's hands are his most useful possession -- that in fiction as in the theatre, gesture is an indispensable shorthand for individualizing character and dramatizing action and response.

Small areas that aren't right for a certain crop may lie next to areas that are well suited to that crop.

This does not mean, though, that a red wine improves with prolonged aeration: there is a reasonable limit -- and wines kept over to the next meal or the next day, after they have once been opened, are never as good.

If the Orioles are to break their losing streak within the next two days, it will have to be at the expense of the American League champion New York Yankees, who come in here tomorrow for a night game and a single test Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. J. Edward Hackstaff and Mrs. Paul Luette are planning a luncheon next week in honor of Mrs. J. Clinton Bowman, who celebrates her birthday on Tuesday.

Any adjustments which are made, Mr. Grenier said earlier this month, will appear on the balance of the tax bill since most of the town's taxpayers take the option of paying quarterly with the balance due next year.

After all, this year's movies are next year's television shows.

These things may be happening many miles away from us but really they are right next door.

The panels will stay up until they are replaced next summer.

The next two reactions do not involve the formation of ions but are still proton transfer reactions.

Experiments have been conducted to attempt the synthesis of ununennium ( Uue ), which is likely to be the next member of the group, but they have all met with failure .< ref name =" link "> However, ununennium may not be an alkali metal due to relativistic effects, which are predicted to have a large influence on the chemical properties of superheavy elements.

There is a second bulb-shaped structure similarly reminiscent of a thalamus flower, which is represented by a cross with arms that are actually buds announcing the next flowering.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

For this step the computer memory is separated into three regions: cells in the W-region are used for storage of the forms in the text-form list ; ;

If, however, we are seeking the optimal R-stage policy for a given feed state, only one search for a maximum is required at the final step.

Should there be evidence they are shirking, he has said, the state police will step into the situation.

In any event, it is an irreversible step, and if we are at all honest with ourselves, we will know we have no other alternative than to live in the world in which God has seen fit to place us.

The adult eyes are an improvement on invertebrate eyes and were a first step in the development of more advanced vertebrate eyes.

The three structures are made of the primitive conditional GOTO ( IF test = true THEN GOTO step xxx ) ( a diamond ), the unconditional GOTO ( rectangle ), various assignment operators ( rectangle ), and HALT ( rectangle ).

In the < tt > ShiftRows </ tt > step, bytes in each row of the state are shifted cyclically to the left.

In the < tt > MixColumns </ tt > step, the four bytes of each column of the state are combined using an invertible linear transformation.

First team regulars Siem de Jong, Urby Emanuelson and Gregory van der Wiel are former youth internationals who made the successful step up to the senior side.

A central principle is that " for every step in spiritual perception, three steps are to be taken in moral development.

For example, Jains often do not go out at night, when they are more likely to step upon an insect.

The file extensions are successively added at each step of this process such that a collection of files that has been tarred and then gzipped will have a extension.

Often, low-floor trams are fitted with nonpivoting bogies and many tramway enthusiasts see this as a retrograde step, as it leads to more wear of both track and wheels and also significantly reduces the speed at which a tram can round a curve.

Bézier curves are also used in the time domain, particularly in animation and interface design, e. g., a Bézier curve can be used to specify the velocity over time of an object such as an icon moving from A to B, rather than simply moving at a fixed number of pixels per step.

During this step, various portions of the CPU are connected so they can perform the desired operation.

Many are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions.

Other formula-based calendars can have lengths which are further out of step with the solar cycle, for example, the Julian calendar has an average length of 365. 25 days, and the Hebrew calendar has an average length of 365. 2425

Kinetically, catalytic reactions are typical chemical reactions ; i. e. the reaction rate depends on the frequency of contact of the reactants in the rate-determining step.

Usually, the catalyst participates in this slowest step, and rates are limited by amount of catalyst and its " activity ".

If two groups differ only in isotopes, atomic masses are used at each step to break ties in atomic number.

Traditional affinity columns are used as a preparative step to flush out unwanted biomolecules.

The different names are intended to denote the number of ' slow ' ( e. g., step, hop ) steps performed during each basic.

The basic step is danced in a face-to-face (" closed ") but staggered position ( i. e., the lead and follow are chest to chest, but their orientation to one another is offset in such a way that the feet are not toe-to-toe but alternate, like the teeth of a zipper ).