Category: Artificial Intelligence
The Perils of Prediction: Ben Goertzel, Lawrence Krauss, Steve Omohundro
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Panel near the end of the Singularity Summit Australia 2011 on the Perils of Prediction (well the benefits as well - excuse the catchy title). Lawrence Krauss , Steve Omohundro and Ben Goertzel set sail on an epic ad...
Does Humanity Need an AI Nanny?
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At 9:33 Dr. Ben Goertzel explores the desirably of creating an artificial intelligence to watch over the species. He proposes to build an "AI Nanny" system "whose job it is to protect us from ourselves and our technol...
Turing Test dismissed – George Dvorsky
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As many reported yesterday, a chatbot has passed the Turing Test, though under some very convenient conditions. The announcement has led some to declare that the age of AI is finally here, but that's nonsense. Here's ...
Are We Building Gods or Terminators? – Hugo de Garis
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Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on S...
Radical life extension and biological immortality – The Immortalist – Jason Silva
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A MEDITATION ON THE WILL TO BECOME IMMORTAL... a love letter to science and philosophy that explores the idea of engineered radical life extension and biological immortality featuring Ray Kurzweil among others... by J...
Panel: Hugo de Garis, Ben Goertzel, Steve Omohundro – Transcendent Man Premiere
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This was filmed at Nova Cinema at the Transcendent Man premiere in Australia, the night before the Singularity Summit Australia. There was an adhoc poll on the issue of Species Dominance. - Melbourne Australia ...
Interview with Greg Bear on Science Fiction, Singularity
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Quote: “…The people who are changing the world read science fiction.” “In a sense, science fiction is history in reverse…” Greg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 ...
Building Gods Documentary – Transhumanism Artificial intelligence and nanotechnology
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This film by Ken Gumbs tackles the issue of pending greater-than-human artificial intelligence and the possible ramifications. Different individuals with different backgrounds are interviewed on the subject, including...
IBM’s Watson – The Quest for Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson...
David Pearce – H. G. Wells Utopia
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Intuitively, one might indeed suppose that lifelong bliss would make us weak. Contrast, for instance, the Eloi with the Morlocks in H.G. Well's The Time Machine. In practice, the opposite is true. "That which does not...
The AI Intelligence Explosion – Luke Muehlhauser
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Interview on AI, the Singularity, and it's importance. Questions/Talking points: What is Intelligence? Differences: AI & AGI Spectrums of General Intelligence Forecasting AI Accelerating Returns ...
Singularity Or Bust [Full Documentary]
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2009 - Film-maker and former AI programmer Raj Dye spent his summer following futurist AI researchers Ben Goertzel and Hugo DeGaris around Hong Kong and Xiamen, documenting their doings and gathering their perspective...
