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Category: The Singularity
New discoveries about the human brain cast new light on AI concepts
CATEGORY: AI and RoboticsThe Singularity | SOURCE: Wired | Comments
WIRED magazine published this interesting look at recent discoveries in brain science, signaling how little we understand about the human brain, and how mysterious it is.
Ray Kurzweil Video
CATEGORY: Computing and Info TechFuture StudiesThe Singularity | SOURCE: Technology Evangelist.com | Comments
Extended talk from Ray Kurzweil about the accelerating rate of technological change, with emphasis on our often mistaken assumptions that change occurs linear fashion, rather than the actual exponential rate of change that we are currently experiencing in technological developments.
Transhumanist.org
CATEGORY: The Singularity | SOURCE: Transhumanists.org/ | Comments
Blog on Transhumanist topics. Contains some great videos from TED
Videos from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
CATEGORY: The Singularity | SOURCE: SIAI | Comments
Great collection of videos from SIAI.
wikipedia: the singularity
CATEGORY: The Singularity | SOURCE: Wikipedia | Comments
The Wikipedia entry on the singularity.
The Law of Accelerating Returns - Ray Kurweil
CATEGORY: Future StudiesThe Singularity | SOURCE: Kurzweil AI | Comments
This is an amazing read. Singularity, nanobots, non-biological intelligence, immortality, and other civilisations (or not). The whole enchilada, plus some.