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The risks and opportunities of smart machines

The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence has created a video to educate people about the challenges, opportunities and risks of creating general artificial intelligence:

Published Tuesday, May 22, 2007 7:30 PM by Simon

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V wrote on June 5, 2007 4:25 AM

taken from a website on Freemasonry:

Dr. John Lightfoot, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and one of the most eminent Hebrew scholars of his time, declared, as the result of his most profound and exhaustive study of the Scriptures, that "heaven and earth, centre and circumference, were created all together, in the same instant, and clouds full of water," and that "this work took place and man was created by the Trinity on October 23, 4004 B.C., at nine o'clock in the morning."

I hereby officially declare that the Singularity will occur on Sunday, January 1st, of the year 2040. It will happen exactly at 9am, immediately after Eliezer has finished eating his breakfast (out of respect for him).

John Grigg : )

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I aim to understand, apply and develop science, technology and communications to achieve positive change. To this end, I am the owner and operator of Betterhumans, which I founded in 2002. I also work in interactive healthcare marketing, helping pharmaceutical and other healthcare organizations effectively use interactive technologies. Currently, I'm also working part-time on a masters degree at the University of Toronto in the history and philosophy of science and technology.