Global Future 2045: Kurzweil The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century 3

Here is the conclusion of Raymond Kurzweil's lecture on the acceleration of technology at the Global Future 2045 Conference in Moscow.
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Global Future 2045: Kurzweil The Acceleration of Technology in the 21st Century 2

We continue with Raymond Kurzweil's lecture at the Moscow International Conference 2045.
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#SS11 Ray Kurzweil on Watson, consciousness, And the Paul Allen rebuttal

LEADER OF THE PACK

Leading futurist, Ray Kurzweil rang in this year's Singularity Summit like a boss. The "rightful heir to Thomas Edison" -Forbes.

Pictorial Highlights from the Singularity Conference 2011

We had the pleasure of attending the Singularity Summit 2011 and will be writing a series of articles in detail on many of the speakers there.  For now, we present a slide show on what we SAW there.  Enjoy!

The Singularity IS A Religion!

Lately, critics have been labeling the Singularity a religion. The Singularitarians themselves typically respond negatively to this accusation. But why are they shying away from letting it be called a religion? Are they doubting progresses' potential?

Humanity+ @Parsons Day 2 Review

Day 2 of Transhumanism Meets Design started off with a bang. Mark Wexler showed up to promote his new film How To Live Forever. He couldn't have found a better crowd of people to sell his film on opening weekend.

Humanity+ @Parsons Day 1 Review

A Humanity+ event at a design school sounded tailor made for Natash Vita-More, who co-chaired the event with Ed Keller. As day 1 unfolded it was clear why the transhumanism came first in Transhumanism Meets Design.

Transhumanism Meets Design! May 14-15, 2011 NYC

The conference brings together futurists, cyberneticists, life extensionists, singularity advocates, A[G]I and robotics experts, human enhancement specialists, inventors, ethicists, philosophers, and theorists to meet with the creativity and rigorous scholarship of design at Parsons.

Kevin Kelly: The Technium vs The Singularity 1

Kevin Kelly questions the popular view of technological singularity.  Why?  At face value, when one reads his writings it would seem that be believes in some form of singularity.

Film Transcendent Man to be released in February

The film entitled Transcendent Man will be released in February.  This is the trailer.  The movie will be available as a rental from iTunes March 1st.  The DVD will be released May 24th.  Enjoy!

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Building Gods...

Will we build computers that will be so much more powerful and intelligent than us, that they will appear as gods to us?

TechnoCalyps The Movie Part 2/3...

This is part two of the series on TechnoCalyps.  Today we cover preparing for transhumanism.