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Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: gunug on May 11, 2007, 04:48:58 AM
The Singularity Institute wants you to contribute money to support the development of "stable self-improving systems" which means you would be supporting Artificial Intelligence efforts:

http://www.singinst.org/challenge

Peter Thiel, who used to be CEO of Paypal, will match your contribution up to $200,000!  There are some nice lectures (by Ray Kurzweil, Douglas R. Hofstadter, and other wise people) about Singularity here:

http://www.singinst.org/media

Maybe Jerry Lewis isn't going to be doing a telethon for this anytime soon; but it is interesting!   coolio.gif I wasn't being serious about getting out your checkbooks!
Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: Gregg on May 11, 2007, 12:12:43 PM
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Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: gunug on May 11, 2007, 12:17:17 PM
Oh, come on Gregg; tell me what you really think!   smile.gif
Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: tacit on May 11, 2007, 03:48:40 PM
Ray Kurzweil is going to be one of the keynote speakers at Transvision in Chicago next month. This is one of the first times the Transvision conference (hosted by the World Transhumanist Association) is going to be held in the US; I really wanted to go, but it's a bit pricey. I figure my Alcor dues will have to be my financial contribution to the transhumanist movement for the time being...
Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: gunug on May 11, 2007, 04:02:37 PM
I thought that it was funny when Kurzweil started playing with his new toy in the video but that's just what he does.
Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: krissel on May 12, 2007, 12:59:57 AM
I read through the Overview but one thing kept going through this human's brain...how will we, as humans, be able to recognize 'smarter than human intelligence'?

Really. dntknw.gif
Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: gunug on May 12, 2007, 04:08:38 AM
I still think that these will only be tools and not "prime" operatives in any situation.  Asimov's I, Robot is a long way in the future!  

Title: Quick, Get Your Checkbooks!
Post by: Gregg on May 12, 2007, 04:20:58 PM
QUOTE(gunug @ May 11 2007, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh, come on Gregg; tell me what you really think!   smile.gif


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