Sunday, 1 March 2009

On Singularity

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Max More and Ray Kurzweil on the Singularity
by Max More
Raymond Kurzweil

As technology accelerates over the next few decades and machines achieve superintelligence, we will encounter a dramatic phase transition: the "Singularity." Will it be a "wall" (a barrier as conceptually impenetrable as the event horizon of a black hole in space), an "AI-Singularity" ruled by super-intelligent AIs, or a gentler "surge" into a posthuman era of agelessness and super-intelligence? And will this meme be hijacked by religious "passive singularitarians" obsessed with a future rapture? Ray Kurzweil and Extropy Institute president Max More debate.

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