"The Singularity" is the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence
Several technologies are heading in this direction.
- Artificial Intelligence,
- Direct brain-computer interfaces,
- Biological augmentation of the brain,
- Genetic engineering,
- Ultra-high-resolution scans of the brain followed by computer emulation
Sometime in the next few decades, we can expect this breakthrough
An institute with the mission to confront both the opportunity and the risk of this urgent challenge is:
via:
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
