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http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=500

Singularity Reading Recommendations websnapr

"For those interested in more seriously exploring the issues of Artificial General Intelligence and the Singularity, I’d like to recommend the following writings ..." None of which are sf no
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http://www.myfirstflorist.com

Wedding Florist | Wedding Flowers | Silk Flowers | Flor ... websnapr

Bring your ideas or let us know what you like on wedding florist, wedding flowers, silk flowers, florist tips, and many more for special occasion in your life
>30 days ago by fearcrew, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.alicebot.org

The A. L. I. C. E. Artificial Intelligence Foundation - ... websnapr

The A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation promotes the adoption of the A.L.I.C.E. and AIML free open source software for chatrobots, chat robots, chatterbots or chatterboxes, an AIML chatterbot, chat robo
>30 days ago by a1mega, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12137&feedid=tech_rss20

Artificial skin may reduce need for grafts websnapr

"A long-lasting artificial skin which is "fully and consistently integrated into the human body" has shown promising results in early clinical trials."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19426096.100&feedid=online-news_rss20

It's robot eat robot at the AI zoo websnapr

"Nine larger robots interact with visitors by following their movements, making defensive actions or opening their "petals" in response to crowds. The more aggressive robots cut the tai
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070529154831.htm

Learning, Memory, And Progress Toward A Living Chip websnapr

"The ability to record information in a manmade network of neurons is a step toward a cyborg-like integration of living material into memory chips."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=437

Hard Takeoff not Incompatible with Some Continuity websnapr

"So what cognitive and practical advantages would a human-similar AI have over a human actor?" More singularity theory from Anissimov.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=433

The Danger This Time Isn’t Human websnapr

"The Singularity is the introduction of a nonhuman intelligence, the point where the dangers of the world stop emanating from human beings and start coming from somewhere new for once."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0701.html

Is AI Engineering the Shortest Path to a Positive Singu ... websnapr

"In my view, if the US government created an "AI Manhattan Project" [...] then we would have a human-level AI within 5 years." Good afternoon, singularity!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5470/44/

First Hardware to go through Evolution Developed websnapr

"Just like in the real world it can take 20 to 30 thousand generations before the system finds the perfect design to solve the problem, but this will happen in just a few seconds..."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://sl4.org/wiki/friendlyaicriticalfailuretable

Friendly AI Critical FailureTable websnapr

"13: The AI locks onto a bizarre subculture and expresses it across the whole of human space. (E.g., Furry subculture, or hentai anime, or see Nikolai Kingsley for a depiction of a Singularity ba
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11453&feedid=online-news_rss20

Blimps to swim through the air like fish websnapr

"Blimps steered by artificial muscles may one day swim through the air like fish, suggest recent flight tests." Old trope, new twist. Any bets on the time-till-included-in-sf-story of this i
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/03/ai_cited_for_un.html

AI Cited for Unlicensed Practice of Law websnapr

"A web-based "expert system" that helped users prepare bankruptcy filings for a fee made too many decisions to be considered a clerical tool [...] the software was effectively practicin
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showarticle.jhtml?articleid=197700609

Podcast: Marvin Minsky On The Future Of Artificial Inte ... websnapr

"In a Dr. Dobbs podcast, AI pioneer and MIT professor Marvin Minsky examines the failures of AI research and lays out directions for future developments in the field."
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http://news.com.com/2100-11395_3-6160372.html

Google's Page urges scientists to market themselves websnapr

"We have some people at Google (who) are really trying to build artificial intelligence and to do it on a large scale," Page said to a packed Hilton ballroom of scientists. "It's not as
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http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=348

Humanlike AI is Anthropomorphism websnapr

"...when a typical smart person first confronts the human species life-or-death problem of Friendly AI, they think that using the same strategies we use to produce nice humans will work with AIs,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://lifeboat.com/ex/ai.and.sci-fi

AI and Sci-Fi: My, Oh, My! websnapr

Rob Sawyer's essay on AI in science fiction for the Lifeboat Foundation. A pretty good read, though probably no big news for serious genre buffs.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.discover.com/issues/jan-07/departments/interview-minsky/

The Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky websnapr

"The legendary pioneer of artificial intelligence ponders the brain, bashes neuroscience, and lays out a plan for superhuman robot servants." Via Plausible Futures.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.girardin.org/fabien/blog/2007/01/25/comparing-ais-failures-with-ubicomps-visions

Comparing AI’s Failures with Ubicomp’s Visions websnapr

Via Captain Bruce, a link fest that I haven't yet taken the time to go through thoroughly - but it looks like it is loaded with goodies.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/danieru/archive/2006/12/24/the-metacognitive-dance-of-artificial-minds.aspx

The Metacognitive Dance of Artificial Minds websnapr

"Should we observe signs of consciousness in machines is it therefore logical to assume that society will naturally issue moral precepts of a similar weight onto our silicon-brained companions? I
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/?p=298

Confusions in Artificial Intelligence websnapr

"In the future, there may exist robots that are programmed to mimic sentience, or even spontaneously generate sentientlike behaviors (not explicitly programmed in!), but are, in fact, non-sentien
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http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10737&feedid=online-news_rss20

New York eateries must scrap trans fats websnapr

"New York City health authorities voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of artificial cooking oils, known as trans fats, in the city’s eateries." It'll be interesting to see if this ma
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72154-0.html?tw=rss.technology

The Seoul of a New Machine websnapr

"Rity is the ghost in the machine: an autonomous agent that can transfer itself into desktop computers, PDAs, servers and robotic avatars, and adapt and evolve like a genetic organism."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72176-0.html?tw=rss.index

Bye Swarmbots, Hello Swarmanoids websnapr

"The use of different kinds of robots in the same team follows the division of labor in ant colonies extremely well ... And if scientists can scale the robots to a much smaller size than an ant,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.physorg.com/news82910066.html

Robot Discovers Itself, Adapts to Injury websnapr

"Instead of giving the robot a rigid set of instructions, the researchers let it discover its own nature and work out how to control itself [...] The ability to build this "self-model"
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6136546.stm

Scientists create artificial gut websnapr

"The device, made from sophisticated plastics and metals, can withstand the corrosive gut acids and enzymes, and can be fed real food. It mimics both the physical and chemical reactions that take
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17772&z=308&p=1&ch=infotech

Software Learns to Tag Photos websnapr

"In its first real-world test, the program processed thousands of publicly accessible images available on the photo-sharing site Flickr. At least one accurate tag was generated for 98 percent of
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
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