The Singularity Institute Blog
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| Blog Name: | The Singularity Institute Blog |
| Url: | http://www.singinst.org/blog/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Science, ai |
| Description: | In the coming decades, humanity will likely create a powerful AI. SIAI exists to confront this urgent challenge, both the opportunity and the risk. SIAI is fostering research, education, and outreach to increase the likelihood that the promise of AI is realized for the benefit of everyone. |
| Popularity: | 4 Followers |
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Podcast with Michael Vassar
Just prior to Singularity Summit 2009, Singularity Institute President Michael Vassar did a podcast with “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe”, produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Skip to 26:00 to get past the news items. Here’s a funny tidbit of Michael talking about some of the poor thinking seen when people discuss how to make AI friendly: We have a lot of silliness, such as worst moral of the story ever… Lilo and Stitch. “If you’re just nice enough to the fundamentally e
Just prior to Singularity Summit 2009, Singularity Institute President Michael Vassar did a podcast with “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe”, produced by the New England Skeptical Society in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Skip to 26:00 to get past the news items. Here’s a funny tidbit of Michael talking about some of the poor thinking seen when people discuss how to make AI friendly: We have a lot of silliness, such as worst moral of the story ever… Lilo and Stitch. “If you’re just nice enough to the fundamentally e
Singularity 101 at Good.is
SIAI was invited to contribute a series of articles to Good.is, the website of GOOD magazine, which focuses on philanthropy and activism. The first article, “What is the Singularity?” is now live, and new articles will appear every Monday through January 26th. Myself and SIAI volunteer Roko Mijic will be alternating posts. For an idea of how well-exposed GOOD is, see that their Twitter account has almost 170,000 followers.
SIAI was invited to contribute a series of articles to Good.is, the website of GOOD magazine, which focuses on philanthropy and activism. The first article, “What is the Singularity?” is now live, and new articles will appear every Monday through January 26th. Myself and SIAI volunteer Roko Mijic will be alternating posts. For an idea of how well-exposed GOOD is, see that their Twitter account has almost 170,000 followers.
Hungry Optimizers with Low-Complexity Values
Check out my blog post, “Hungry Optimizers with Low-Complexity Values” at Accelerating Future.
Check out my blog post, “Hungry Optimizers with Low-Complexity Values” at Accelerating Future.
Was Our Oldest Ancestor a Proton-Powered Rock?
For an interesting example of the power of lateral thinking solving scientific problems, check out the article “Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock?” at New Scientist.
For an interesting example of the power of lateral thinking solving scientific problems, check out the article “Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock?” at New Scientist.
Singularity Summit 2009 Videos Now Available
The videos for Singularity Summit 2009 are now available at Vimeo. The few that are missing are either still awaiting confirmation of permission or the speaker asked for video not to be posted of their talk.
The videos for Singularity Summit 2009 are now available at Vimeo. The few that are missing are either still awaiting confirmation of permission or the speaker asked for video not to be posted of their talk.
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