The Singularity represents an “event horizon” in the predictability of human technological development past which present models of the future may cease to give reliable answers, following the creation of strong AI or the enhancement of human intelligence.
The Singularity Summit is the place to hear about the Singularity directly from Ray Kurzweil, Anita Nanobiosym CEO, Ben Goertzel (AGI expert) etc…
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Ray Kurzweil at Singularity Summit 2009 — The Ubiquity and Predictability of the Exponential Growth of Information Technology from Singularity Institute on Vimeo.
Ben Goertzel at Singularity Summit 2009 — Pathways to Beneficial Artificial General Intelligence from Singularity Institute on Vimeo.
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