Technological singularity and related talks from June 1st to June 8th, 2007. Eight nights from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM eastern (4 PM to 6 PM Pacific/Linden time)
June 1st - What is the technological singularity?
June 2nd - key technologies needed for a singularity
June 3rd – critical skills needed as we enter the singularity
June 4th - the future of business as we approach the singularity
June 5th - politics as we approach the technological singularity
June 6th - disaster scenarios, including if the technological singularity never occurs.
June 7th - Is the singularity a new age theory?
June 8th - What is the technological singularity? Recap and final chat in this series.
We will be meeting at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Norfolk/75/204/23
From Wikipedia:
“The Technological Singularity is the hypothesized creation, usually via AI or brain-computer interfaces, of smarter-than-human entities that rapidly accelerate technological progress. Futurists have varying opinions regarding the time, consequences, and plausibility of such an event.
I. J. Good first explored the idea of an "intelligence explosion", arguing that machines that surpass human intellect should be capable of recursively augmenting their own mental abilities until they vastly exceed those of their creators. Vernor Vinge later popularized the Singularity in the 1980s with lectures, essays, and science fiction. More recently, some AI researchers have voiced concern over its potential dangers.
Some futurists, such as Ray Kurzweil, consider the Singularity part of a long-term pattern of accelerating change.”
We will discuss the technological singularity and the proposed possible impact of the singularity over the next seven nights and a generalized summary of the entire program on the eighth night.
Afn Bade will lead the discussions. Your input is welcomed. Join us from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Eastern, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM central, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific/Linden time.
If successful we will repeat this series in the future and also add additional series.
Second Life is a free chat and virtual reality program, for more information and to download the client, visit www.secondlife.com
If you are new to Second Life, allow one to two hours before the event to familiarize yourself with the program If you have never used second life before. When your done with installing the program and orientation, you can teleport to the discussion. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Norfolk/75/204/23