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2050 - and immortality is within our grasp

(http://www.guardian.co.uk) - scanned by: madRomanian over 3 years ago
Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers, promising immortality for all - though it will help to be rich. More>>>
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Singularity University Curriculum Suggestions (...

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Alvis Brigis over 3 years ago
Stating a lack of social focus as a fundamental problem, I recently joined the ranks of those critiquing the tentative Singularity University (SU) curriculum.  I found (and still do) the proposed courses to be too hard-tech centric, which i... More>>>
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Connectionism, Controllers, and a Brain Theory

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Covus over 3 years ago
PhysOrg.com) -- In the late '90s, Asim Roy, a professor of information systems at Arizona State University, began to write a paper on a new brain theory. Now, 10 years later and after several rejections and resubmissions, the paper “Connectionism,... More>>>
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Jacking into the Brain--Is the Brain the Ultima...

(http://www.sciam.com) - scanned by: christinep over 3 years ago
In different types of media, it's always been seen that the brain is the main computer into the technological world. It's very possible that particular concept will come into fruition. More>>>
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X-Prize CEO Peter Diamandis Announces the Forma...

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Alvis Brigis over 3 years ago
So it is true! Peter Diamandis, Chair and CEO of the increasingly mighty X-Prize Foundation, and some high-level folks are working on something big called a “Singularity University.” Who else could be involved? It seems like Ray... More>>>
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Response to more Singularity Critiques

(http://nextbigfuture.com) - scanned by: Joe Meme over 3 years ago
Next Big Future takes on some recent critiques on the likelihood and "nearness" of the Singularity. Lots of good energy links. More>>>
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Can the Singularity Save Us From Ourselves?

(http://alfin2100.blogspot.com) - scanned by: mariposa over 4 years ago
Very interesting and extensive piece by Al Fin on the topic of the technological singularity. More>>>
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Openness and the Metaverse Singularity

(http://www.kurzweilai.net) - scanned by: mariposa over 4 years ago
The four worlds of the Metaverse Roadmap could also represent four pathways to a Singularity. But they also represent potential dangers. An "open-access Singularity" may be the answer. The people who have embraced the possibility of a si... More>>>
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Interview With Vernor Vinge (Part I)

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Alvis Brigis over 4 years ago
In 1993 Vernor Vinge informed NASA and the rest of the world that we were all quite possibly on a crash-course with a technological singularity. This meme spread quickly through the ranks of futurists and tech intelligentsia and now, 15 years late... More>>>
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The Microsoft Singularity is Near

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Marisa Vitols over 4 years ago
Yesterday at Microsoft’s TechFest the behemoth company discussed its concept for an operating system they’ve decided to call Singularity. This is a meme grab that will not go un-noticed by the growing mass of Singularity-aware. In tech and futuri... More>>>
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Retro-Future Artwork and Images

(http://www.darkroastedblend.com) - scanned by: mariposa over 4 years ago
Phenomenal collection of the most inspiring & hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics. Focus is on the artwork from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & Eastern Bloc "popular tech & science" magazines, German, Italian, British fa... More>>>
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Kurzweil Predicts "Machines to Match Man by 2029"

(http://news.bbc.co.uk) - scanned by: iveta over 4 years ago
This BBC article quotes Kurzweil as predicting: "I've made the case that we will have both the hardware and the software to achieve human level artificial intelligence with the broad suppleness of human intelligence including our emotional in... More>>>
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