Technological Singularity

Justin Rattner on the Singularity

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I have sometimes been confronted by the position that the technological singularity is a crazy sci fi idea that is completely divorced from reality and is created and popularized by science fiction authors such as Vernor Vinge and futurists such as Ray Kurzweil. Well, Justin Rattner is neither a philosopher nor a futurist. He is, [...]

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Singularity News on Reuters

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Yesterday I saw a number of interesting news stories from different fields that all relate to the technological singularity. Here are the top 4 singularity news on Reuters. Mind-controlled prosthetic arm An Austrian amputee is the first in Europe to be fitted with a new-generation mind-controlled prosthetic limb that moves and feels like a real [...]

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Singularity Goes Mainstream: NY Times Says Humans Are “So Yesterday”

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Last Friday the New York Times published a long and well researched article on the technological singularity called: Merely Human? That’s So Yesterday by Ashlee Vance The article makes a genuine effort to cover all the basics, the pros and the cons of the singularitarian movement and, overall, in my opinion is pretty successful at [...]

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Vinge, Stross, Schroeder and Reynolds on the Singularity

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An interesting video of science fiction writers Vernor Vinge, Charles Stross, Karl Schroeder and Alastair Reynolds discussing the concept of the Technological Singularity, its likelihood, alternatives and so on. (The video runs about 55 mins long and the sound is not ideal but in my opinion it is still well worth watching.) The Singularity: An [...]

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Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary)

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Here is the full documentary film directed by Christopher Sykes about the eccentric and radical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his quest for immortality: So, how about you? Do you want to live forever?

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Top 10 Singularitarians of All Time

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The technological singularity is the event or sequence thereof likely to occur at or after the birth of AI, especially when Artificial Intelligence surpasses biological i.e. human intelligence. Since it is human intelligence which, in one way or another, is still the primary cause and ultimate mover behind AI, there are a number of people [...]

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Best of Singularity Blog

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Even though it has been only a bit more than a month since the beginning of this blog I am happy to note that there is already a tight group of people who have subscribed to my feed and continue to come back and read my posts on a regular basis. I want to take [...]

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Dawn of the Kill-Bots: the Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Arming of AI (part 5)

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Part 5: The Future of (Military) AI — Singularity While being certainly dangerous for humans, especially the ones that are specifically targeted by the kill-bots, arming machines is not on its own a process that can threaten the reign of homo sapiens in general. What can though is the fact that it is occurring within [...]

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Welcome to Singularity Blog

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“Will technology replace biology?” This is the question. Singularity Blog is a journal of Socrates’ thoughts on news, issues and people related to the Technological Singularity. Here Socrates will not shy to provide his opinion but will place no claim on its superiority. Socrates’ goal is to use his blog as a stage for a [...]

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