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IEEE Spectrum: Special Report on The Singularity

Posted on Jun 3rd, 2008 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

The Singularity: A Special Report http://spectrum.ieee.org/singularity

Project Blue Brain

Posted on Mar 9th, 2008 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

via Seed: Out of the Blue Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer? In the basement of a university in Lausanne, Switzerland sit four black boxes, each about the... More »

Singularity Summit 2007

Posted on Sep 6th, 2007 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

(via http://www.singinst.org/summit2007/) The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence presents the Singularity Summit 2007 , a major two-day event bringing together 18 leading thinkers to address and debate a historical moment in humanity's history – a... More »

Ray Kurzweil's Keynote @ Killer App Expo

Posted on May 21st, 2007 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

Ray Kurzweil's Keynote @ Killer App Expo

Exploring Life Extensions

Posted on Jan 31st, 2007 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

Check out this very interesting video: Exploring Life Extensions : A film by the Immortality Institute that explores various aspects of extreme life extension including cryonics (cryogenics), caloric restriction, transhumanism, and other scientific pursuits of... More »

So, Would You Drink It?

Posted on Jan 29th, 2007 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

Here's a video of Dr. Michio Kaku hosting a BBC FOUR (Time Series) . “Why is our time limited? And does it have to be? Could our age-old dream of immortality ever be possible? In... More »

Gelernter, Kurzweil debate machine consciousness

Posted on Dec 3rd, 2006 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

very cool debate on the (im)possibility of machine consciousness... Gelernter, Kurzweil debate machine consciousness KurzweilAI.net, Nov. 30, 2006 The debate between Yale professor of computer science David Gelernter and Ray Kurzweil, sponsored by the MIT... More »

Re: Ken Wilber's Singularity?

Posted on Sep 23rd, 2006 by

~C4Chaos in Harbingers of The Singularity

exactly! :)

Re: Ken Wilber's Singularity?

Posted on Sep 22nd, 2006 by

deepsurface in Harbingers of The Singularity

Man, that is beautiful. Ken is a true artist once he cuts lose. Thanks for posting this, Mel. I missed it in WIE.

Ken Wilber's Singularity?

Posted on Sep 17th, 2006 by

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(excerpt from WIE: Kosmic Questions ) WIE editors asking Ken Wilber about anything. here's something about Ken's version of the "singularity." Q: Finally, we’d like to ask you to let your imagination run wild.... More »