"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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Centauri Dreams replies to the recent Charlie Stross essay on space colonisation, and raises some good points. Lively discussion thread also.

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"The work at the University of Granada is concentrating on the design of microchips that incorporate a full neuronal system, emulating the way the cerebellum interacts with the human nervous syst

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"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."

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"So what cognitive and practical advantages would a human-similar AI have over a human actor?" More singularity theory from Anissimov.

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"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."

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"IBM researchers [...] assembled a simulated mouse cortical hemisphere (that is, a functional half of a mouse brain) on one of the smaller BlueGene/L supercomputers. They then ran the simulation.

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"Let me just remark that reading no science fiction at all is definitely reading too little." I couldn't agree more ... but then I'm pro-Singularity already.

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"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!

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"As our everyday lives become increasingly science fictional -- as the stuff of fiction becomes the stuff of mundane reality [...] -- what are the dangers we face?" Heavy essay by James John

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"Important note for those surfing this talk out of context :-) I still regard the Singularity as the most likely non-catastrophic outcome for our near future." Precis/slides from Vernor Ving

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"This Thursday evening [Vernor] Vinge will challenge his own idea for the first time: 'I have some plausible, non-singularity scenarios that get us into a human-scale world with long time horizon

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"...since that famous thought-experiment wormholes have been described and designed in a multitude of physics papers - but do they exist?" The science behind the fiction. Link via Centauri D

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"In this keynote address from Accelerating Change 2005, Vernor Vinge discusses the potential for a technological singularity..." Thank you, SF Signal.

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David Brin looks to the future of biotech, AI and more.

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"Transhumanism is unique because it is so diverse. That’s why it never makes sense to label us as a religion or unified conspiracy - besides being mostly unreligious, transhumanists can barely ag

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"With a frequency of 845 gigahertz, their latest device is approximately 300 gigahertz faster than transistors built by other research groups, and approaches the goal of a terahertz device."

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"In theory, mind uploading is a pathway to immortality [...] I'm betting that not only will it happen, but that it's possible that the writers are going to get there first." Is David Edelman

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"Their study revealed that the initial conditions of bubble formation can affect the dynamics of the singularity that occurs when a bubble pinches off a nozzle." This means that black holes

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"Homo connectus will relegate the obsolete nation-state and its dysfunctional institutions to artifacts of history, quaint but useless." Where do I sign? ;) This sounds like a book worth rea

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"All the truly cool transhuman technologies are going to require warning signs." These are a work of sublime genius.

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"The theorist speculates that ancient super-civilizations may well be out there, and perhaps detectable through an upgraded SETI effort. But his first task [...] is to silence the critics."

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"Award-winning science fiction Vernor Vinge, speaking at the Austin Game Conference, gave his vision of a future in which connectivity was literally in the air around us." Hat-tip to Bruce S

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Ray Kurzweil steps up with a chapter from his recent book, 'The Singularity Is Near'. I really hope he's right - upload me now!

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The Speculist crew request your allegience to the civilisation of the future! I have signed up, naturally. :)

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Does what it says on the tin; a serious essay on a serious subject. Link via Advanced Nanotechnology.

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But not just robots; organs, displays, batteries, RFIDs...the half-way step to nanofabbing, methinks. Link via KurzweilAI.net.

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