2007-11-26

Smarter-Than-Human Intelligence - The Singularity


"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