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• Technology That Outthinks Us: A Partner or a Master?

  In Vernor Vinge’s version of Southern California in 2025, there is a school named Fairmont High with the motto, “Trying hard not to become obsolete.” It may not sound inspiring, but to the many fans of Dr. Vinge, this is a most ambitious Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:59 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Robotics/AI, Singularity, technological singularity, vernor vinge

• QuickStudy: The Singularity

  Before it became the province of futurists, the word singularity had significance in both mathematics and the physical sciences. A mathematical singularity is a point at which a function is not "well behaved." According to http://mathworld.wolfra... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:57 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Singularity

• Man-Machine Merger Arriving Sooner Than You Think

  Science-fiction writers Vernor Vinge and Cory Doctorow look at the various ways a technological Singularity will develop in the near future and conclude that a cooperative model linking computers, networks, and people makes the most sense. ... Read more
  Posted Sunday, July 23, 2006 10:18 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 1 Comments

  Tags: Cyborgs, Singularity