Category: Artificial Intelligence
Panel: Hugo de Garis, Ben Goertzel, Steve Omohundro – Transcendent Man Premiere
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This was filmed at Nova Cinema at the Transcendent Man premiere in Australia, the night before the Singularity Summit Australia. There was an adhoc poll on the issue of Species Dominance. - Melbourne Australia ...
Does Humanity Need an AI Nanny?
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At 9:33 Dr. Ben Goertzel explores the desirably of creating an artificial intelligence to watch over the species. He proposes to build an "AI Nanny" system "whose job it is to protect us from ourselves and our technol...
David Pearce – H. G. Wells Utopia
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Intuitively, one might indeed suppose that lifelong bliss would make us weak. Contrast, for instance, the Eloi with the Morlocks in H.G. Well's The Time Machine. In practice, the opposite is true. "That which does not...
Book: WWW Trilogy – Robert J. Sawyer
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Review of WWW Trilogy, by Kron Kyrios This review is from: WWW: Wake (Hardcover) Personally, I see this as one long story, and would not recommend simply reading any one or two volumes of this trilogy. Therefore, ...
Are We Building Gods or Terminators? – Hugo de Garis
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Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-list of future guests on S...
How We Will Become God-Like – Ray Kurzweil
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Documentary about author & visionary Ray Kurzweil. After the end credits, there are another eight or so minutes of Ray answering additional interview questions. 1) 11:42 Ray discusses the expansion of our neoco...
Time To Envision Who We Are And Where We Want To Go – Steve Omohundro
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Steve Omohundro is a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur who has a Ph.D. in physics but has spent decades studying intelligent systems and artificial intelligence. His research into the basic "AI Drives" wa...
Foresight and the Singularity – Vernor Vinge – Interview
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Interview with renowned author Vernor Vinge - about the Technological Singularity, ways to think about it, strategic forecasting, future studies and risk. Specific Topics: The Beginnings of the Term: 'Technological Si...
Utopia in Exile – David Brin
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Singularity- / AI-visie: vanaf 26:39 David's main thread: how will we shape the days and years ahead -- and how will tomorrow shape us? David Brin is a scientist, best-selling author and tech-futurist.
The long-term future of AI
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Daniel Dewey is a research fellow in the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology at the Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford. His research includes paths and timelines to machine supe...
Elon Musk warns about AI – Vicarious
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Elon Musk warns about the dangers of AI. Elon Musk is investor in the AI company Vicarious: http://vicarious.com/. Another company in this field: http://www.deepmind.com/ Watch the full interview (AI part starts at 1...
Elon Musk on AI: “We’re Summoning the Demon”
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Building Artificial Intelligence is "Summoning the Demon" Says Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (from 1:07:19) Elon Musk is no Luddite, but that doesn't mean he's eager to embrace all new technology. "I think we should be v...