Encouraging novel ideas and general development/propagation of the Singularity meme. Includes The Singularitarian Collective mailing list.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112034
Ray Kurzweil's vast megacomplex of Singularity-related material. Probably the largest Singularity resource on the Web, and certainly the one with the coolest website (including the famed "Ramona" spokesbot). Includes an excerpt from Kurzweil's forthcoming book, "The Singularity Is Near."
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112015
"If computing speeds double every two years, what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research?" Powers, Transcendence, and the ultimate unknowability of dealing with something that's smarter than you are.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112022
Ray Kurzweil's precis of his forthcoming book, "The Singularity is Near." This paper provides a lucid exposition on the historical exponential growth of complex systems, supported by data from many fields, and provides predictions based on that data.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112033
Resources, papers, and news on transhumanism, singularity, AI, AT, NT, cognitive science, programming et al. A new weblog that is updated regularly.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112030
When Will Computer Hardware Match the Human Brain?
Hans Moravec provides a detailed analysis of the computing power of human neurology, progress in AI as a function of available hardware, and the computing power required to simulate human performance in subdomains such as chess or visual processing.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 112021