Category: Artificial Intelligence
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...
Foresight and the Singularity – Vernor Vinge – Interview
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Interview with renowned author Vernor Vinge - about the Technological Singularity, ways to think about it, strategic forecasting, future studies and risk. Specific Topics: The Beginnings of the Term: 'Technological Si...
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...
The Legacy of “2001: A Space Odyssey” – Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick
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2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 British-American science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, and was partially inspired by Clarke's short ...
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...
Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach – Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy
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Roman V. Yampolskiy holds a PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. There he was a recipient of a four year NSF (National Science Foundation) IGERT (Integrative...
How We Will Become God-Like – Ray Kurzweil
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Documentary about author & visionary Ray Kurzweil. After the end credits, there are another eight or so minutes of Ray answering additional interview questions. 1) 11:42 Ray discusses the expansion of our neoco...
Book: WWW Trilogy – Robert J. Sawyer
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Review of WWW Trilogy, by Kron Kyrios This review is from: WWW: Wake (Hardcover) Personally, I see this as one long story, and would not recommend simply reading any one or two volumes of this trilogy. Therefore, ...
A Non-Trivial Pursuit of Happiness – Paradise Engineering with David Pearce
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Imagine that the best experience possible - and imagine that it would be lower than tomorrows floor. It may be that our decedents will have the chance to re-engineer themselves to be able to experience well-being f...
Elon Musk warns about AI – Vicarious
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Elon Musk warns about the dangers of AI. Elon Musk is investor in the AI company Vicarious: http://vicarious.com/. Another company in this field: http://www.deepmind.com/ Watch the full interview (AI part starts at 1...
Geschiedenis Silicon Valley 3 – Alexander Klöpping, DWDD University
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Internetjournalist Alexander Klöpping reisde naar Silicon Valley en doceert over z'n bevindingen in het mekka van de IT industrie. Aandacht voor de toekomst van de digitale wereld en ons moderne leven.
The Singularity Is Near – Movie Trailer
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The Singularity is Near, A True Story about the Future, based on Ray Kurzweil's New York Times bestseller, intertwines a fast-paced A-line documentary with a B-line narrative story.