By: Brett
I’m not skeptical of transhumanism – I’m just skeptical of the Kurzweillian idea of what the Singularity might entail. He’s got the Computer Science/Programming Guy optimism about technological...
View ArticleBy: Razib Khan
#1, that’s fine. most people who are associated with the singularity institute are not ‘kurzweillian’ either.
View ArticleBy: Andrea Kuszewski
Razib, you said, “most people who are associated with the singularity institute are not ‘kurzweillian’ either.” That’s a fact. Glad you are going to the SS! I might see you there, too.
View ArticleBy: Randall
I quit following singularity ideas 12 or 13 years ago, so I’m far behind on the latest in singularity thinking. Most of what I know about the subject comes from Kurzweil. I read the books he published...
View ArticleBy: Razib Khan
I have never understood why the singularity thinkers and theorists assume without argument that the people, or more likely the nation-state, who develop these technologies first will simply share them...
View ArticleBy: Paul Crowley
I kind of wish people who said “I’m skeptical about the Singularity” would be more specific on what point they start disagreeing. I wish they said things like “I don’t believe it’s possible to build...
View ArticleBy: dave chamberlin
Hmmm, maybe I’ll steal your goal in life and just lump it on to someone else’s goal in life. “work hard, play hard, and avoid boring people.” Seperately I wish there was a Missouri school of...
View ArticleBy: pconroy
I attended the 2011 Singularity Summit in New York and I have to say that while the speakers are wonderful, it’s really the side-discussions and attendees that make the event. I can think of nowhere...
View ArticleBy: Razib Khan
#8, exactly! BIL is pretty good too. the overlap in people/demographic is strong.
View ArticleBy: Charles Iliya Krempeaux
@Paul Crowley: “I kind of wish people who said “I’m skeptical about the Singularity” would be more specific on what point they start disagreeing.” There’s a number of things I’ve heard referred to...
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