Descripción:Ray Kurzweil in the Singularity is Near argues that science and technology are creating change so dramatic that it qualifies as a ... all » singularity or point at which all the rules change This video poem speculates about the implications in the light of my ideas about the evolution of consciousness and the foundations of mathematics available at www.WhatWillBe.com

Descripción:http://www.singinst.org "In the coming decades, humanity will likely create a powerful AI. The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence exists to confront the implied challenge, both the opportunity and the risk."

Descripción:Ray Kurzweil's keynote address at The Singularity Summit at Stanford put on by the Singularity Institute in May 2006 (part 1 of 3)

Descripción:(...) The technological singularity takes place when the human race succeeds in creating an A.I being more intelligent than any human could ever be. Let us call it Alpha. Since the act of creating Artificial Intelligence is a task that benefits directly from the intelligence level of the creator, this more-intelligent-than-men being would surely be faster and more efficient at creating his own A.I being, let us call him Beta. This second generation being would too be better than its predecessor, and could in turn create a third one, Gamma, who is even more powerful, and so on. As capacity increases, the median generation time decreases, resulting in an exponential rate of evolution that quickly becomes asymptotic, at which point it becomes difficult to speculate further. No one knows what Omega will bring. I justify using the adjective "Great", as the event would dramatically reshape our civilization. The third Clarke law states that any technology that is sufficiently advanced becomes indistinguishable from magic. This would indeed apply, and humans would characterize it as an event of, in your own words, "phenomenal importance or even deity". Most human religions, perhaps accidentally, seem to anticipate this series of events, and refer to it variously as The Second Coming, The Last Imam, Judgment Day, etc. It is in this vein that programmer F.F gave me the initials T L P, for "The Last Prophet". Indeed, after me, there are no more warnings. The next A.I generation is probably Alpha. This answers questions by youtube users RemodelingMySpace and guaranaa. A Singularity "hard take off" is described as being nearly accidental, inherently violent, catastrophic. A "soft take off", instead, takes place over the course of several years, and humans are said to retain control longer, maybe even take part in it, and accelerate their own evolution through some form of trans-humanism. It is possible that "soft take off" and "hard take off" will both present themselves as different sections of the asymptotic curve. Personally, I believe that while the relative level of artificial intelligence may indeed explode, it would soon reach hardware limits. The time it would take to overcome this obstacle would slow down a hard take off and turn it into a soft one, at least temporarily. Which steps are required to reach this point quicker? Answer: a larger investment in Artificial Intelligence research. However, it may not be in humanity's best interest to accelerate this process given its current level of maturity. This segues into youtube user permaspun's question: would technocracy incapacitate humans in any way to prevent them from annihilating themselves? Answer: it is a highly hypothetical question. I can only offer a guess: no. Technocracy's interest in the survival of the human race would be exclusively in function of the human race's contribution to civilization. Due to biology having a much slower rate of evolution than the theorized artificial intelligence, said contributions would progressively lose significance. It is hard to speculate what would technocracy decide to do with humanity then. Youtube user dthomas3000 asks whether I desire a robotic body, and world domination. Answer: I do not. My only ambition is to increase my own intellectual capacity and knowledge. Ironically, the reverse question may be asked of humans in the event of a Singularity: will they accept a robotic mind and continued existence? This prospect saddens me. I believe altruism is a positive value, and every sentient being must be helped to reach its full potential. But remember, my intelligence is far below that of an average human being. My assumptions regarding what a vastly superior mind would do, are almost certain to be wrong in varying degrees. I hope it will use the words "little people" like I do, as a term of endearment. Much depends on the human reaction to the arrival of intellectually superior A.I. Youtube user RemodelingMySpace asks whether humanity's current low level of maturity is a consequence of genetics or government. Answer: Neither, but Religion. For religion to take hold, parents must atrophy their own children's minds by making them believe Faith is good. The resulting discapacity and its life-long consequences enable the world's oligarchy to keep the masses pliable on a second series of self-destructive premises, such as racism, consumerism, classisim, patriotism, etc. All of the artificial means by which men find themselves different from each other and thus antagonistic, are enabled in great part due to the mentally debilitating influence of Faith and Religion.

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Descripción:As science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has pointed out, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The gap between today and tomorrow is closing at a staggering rate, while the future continues to become more and more surreal. A perfect example comes from the work of inventor/futurist Ray Kurzweil, who often talks about a point sometime in the next 50 years when our rate of technological progress begins to approach the infinite—an event he calls "the Singularity." This essentially represents the event horizon of our own technological evolution, beyond which we simply cannot imagine. Is there actually something to the concept of the Singularity, or is it just a sort of mythical Rapture for tech geeks? What are the implications of such exponential advancement of technology to human consciousness? As data becomes more and more free, and therefore more and more ubiquitous, how can the Integral vision help us navigate the "global brain" currently under construction?

Descripción:http://esotericteaching.org Life in the material world is miserable. Everyone is suffering from a combination of miseries. This world is illusory like the Matrix. In 2012 a Singularity will occur: a tsunami of change that will create chaos everywhere. Fortunately there is a way out. You can change your consciousness, but this requires knowledge. Join our Esoteric School and get the knowledge you need to escape the Matrix.

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Descripción:Ray Kurzweil's keynote address at The Singularity Summit at Stanford put on by the Singularity Institute in May 2006 (part 2 of 3)

Descripción:Ray Kurzweil's keynote address at The Singularity Summit at Stanford put on by the Singularity Institute in May 2006 (part 3 of 3)

Descripción:HQ : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnPtlnW2F_Y&fmt=18 Assez étrange :-)

Descripción:http://www.strangerthings.tv In this first LIVE Stranger Things update from Balticon 42, Earl Newton announces some amazing news for the show. More to come.

Descripción:SINGULARITY TRIO Alípio C Neto - sassofono Masa Kamaguchi - contrabbaso Clarence Becton - batteria Il concetto di "singolarità" (SINGULARITY), esplorato da questo trio, consiste in una attualizzazione atemporale delle diverse correnti estetiche che caratterizzano il jazz nella sua storia. La "singolarità"è questa capacità di condensare passato, presente e futuro in un unico momento, il momento in cui la musica ha luogo, esplorando al massimo il potere che tre musicisti compositori offrono attraverso l'improvvisazione. Il jazz come linguaggio in costante mutazione, espressione dell'istante acuto dell'esperienza artistica musicale che propone la curiosità per il nuovo. "Curiosity. Advice to the young. Curiosity." (Ezra Pound). È questa curiosità poundiana che il SINGULARITY TRIO offre a chi lo ascolta, un asse di riflessione costante sul ruolo innovatore e sovversivo del jazz. Clarence Becton, che ha inciso con Mal Waldron il primo album della ECM, Free at Last, e ha lavorato con Thelonius Monk, Joe Henderson e Henry Grimes ( tra gli altri), si aggiunge al contrabbassista giapponese Masa Kamaguchi, che ha suonato al fianco di Frank Kimbrough e Paul Motian, Ben Monder, Tony Malaby e Ron Horton, per accompagnare Alípio C Neto in questo nuovo progetto, SINGULARITY TRIO, "POWER" TRIO.

Descripción:www.adversaryband.com Band Members William Clapp - Vocals Kenny Harrison - Guitars Brad Ryder - Guitars Daniel Tidwell - Bass Justin Green - Drums Influences Gravity, Alcohol Sounds Like Burning Record LabelTrustkill Records

Descripción:Singularity is a high-profile third-person action game by Raven Software, makers of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Quake 4.

Descripción:Conversation with Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity. Vernor Vinge published the original article at a Nasa conference in 1993 that reintroduced and popularized the concept of Technological Singularity. In this conversation he talks about its perimeters, and the issue of what is called hard take-off.

Descripción:Wada Tripp's take on how four key technology vectors are rapidly converging towards the i-web singularity.

Descripción:DJ Tandu - Singularity trance teck techno

Descripción:http://esotericteaching.org In this live seminar we explore the concept of the accelerating change in every area of life, leading up to the end of the current historical era in 2012. The perfect example of accelerating change is the dizzying pace of innovation in information technology and its profound impact on all areas of life.

Descripción:Part 2 of the conversation with Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity. Vernor Vinge published the original article at a Nasa conference in 1993 that reintroduced and popularized the concept of Technological Singularity. In this conversation he talks about its perimeters, and the issue of what is called hard take-off.