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Singularity & Futurism
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The coming singularity is a point of "technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history." This blog will attempt to chronicle its approach and point out some of the more important milestones that mark the accelerating evolution of human technology, artificial intelligence and radical life-extension. This site is updated with new content every day, so stay tuned to this channel.
- Added on: Dec 22nd, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Barry Mahfood
- Listed in: Technology Science Parenting
- Tags: personal development nanotechnology artificial intelligence futurism singularity life extension
Recent Posts
Submarine Pills - Take a couple of these and call me in the morning
NewScientist - 11.20.2009 by Gaia Vince and Clare Wilson A MAN lies comatose on an operating table. The enormous spider that hangs above him has plunged four appendages into his belly. The spider, made of white steel, probes around inside the man'...
Implanted Chips - Be the first kid on your block to have one!
ComputerWorld - 11.19.2009 (by Sharon Gaudin)Brain waves will replace keyboard and mouse, dial phones and change TV channels.By the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users w...
The Singularity explained in 5 slides
Jamais CascioThe Singularity, in Five Slides from Jamais Cascio on Vimeo.Follow me on Twitter. Technological Singularity and Futurism is updated often; the easiest way to get your regular dose is by subscribing to our news feed. Stay on top of all ou...
Wolfram Alfa wants to be an artificial general intelligence when it grows up
NewScientist - 11.17.2009 by Justin MullinsWhen the search engine Wolfram Alpha launched earlier this year, the interest was huge. Enticed by a well-oiled publicity machine, web users swamped the site and its servers were overwhelmed. Then everything...
Forget quad-core; try 1 million by 2018
ComputerWorld - 11.16.2009 (by Patrick Thibodeau)The push is on to build exascale systems that can solve the planet's biggest problems.There is a race to make supercomputers as powerful as possible to solve some of the world's most important problems...
Closer to figuring out consciousness
NewScientist - 11.12.2009 by Anil AnanthaswamyA telltale signature of consciousness has been detected that takes us a step closer to disentangling the brain activity underlying conscious and unconscious brain processes.It turns out that there is a si...
