Comment on TED: Ray Kurzweil delivers inspirational talk on the power of accelerating technology; AI by 2029parentComments−zach19y> Being able to have a conversation with someone miles away. That is revolutionary. They are "virtually" there.Well, why not the daguerrotype? But my real question is, what value is there in making that distinction?−portLANOP19y> Well, why not the daguerrotype?It doesn't update in real time.To go back to your Starcraft example, that is why Starcraft is a game, and the screenshots on the box are not.> what value is there in making that distinction?To most people it's a novel way of thinking about it.
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> Being able to have a conversation with someone miles away. That is revolutionary. They are "virtually" there.
Well, why not the daguerrotype? But my real question is, what value is there in making that distinction?
> Well, why not the daguerrotype?
It doesn't update in real time.
To go back to your Starcraft example, that is why Starcraft is a game, and the screenshots on the box are not.
> what value is there in making that distinction?
To most people it's a novel way of thinking about it.