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Ray Kurzweil on Global Warming

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:32:34 GMT

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Ray Kurzweil: None of the global warming discussions mention the word "nanotechnology." Yet nanotechnology will eliminate the need for fossil fuels within 20 years. If we captured 1% of 1% of the sunlight (1 part in 10,000) we could meet 100% of our energy needs without ANY fossil fuels.

I don't see any disasters occuring in the next 10 years from this. However, I AM concerned about other environment issues. There are other reasons to want to move quickly away from fossil fuels including environmental pollution at every step and the geopolitical instability it causes.

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"These slides that Gore puts up are ludicrous," says the man who once delivered a tech conference presentation as a singing computer avatar named Ramona. (That stunt was the inspiration for the 2002 Al Pacino movie "Simone.") "They don't account for anything like the technological progress we're going to experience."

Tags: science, technology, global warming, climate change, kurzweil, singularity, future, nanotechnology

10 years to the Singularity?

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:06:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The creation of a superhumanly intelligent AI system could be possible within 10 years, with an "AI Manhattan Project," says Ben Goertzel.

Clip Source: www.kurzweilai.net

As a result of the specifics of my AI research, I have come to a position somewhat more radical than that of most Singularity pundits. Kurzweil estimates 2045 for the Singularity, and 2029 for human-level AI via a brain emulation methodology. I think this is basically a plausible scenario (Though I do think that, if a human-level AI takes 16 years to create a Singularity, this slow pace will be due to intentional forbearance and caution rather than technological obstacles. I believe that a human-level AI, once it exists, will be able to improve its intelligence at a rapid rate, making Singularity imminent within months or a few years at most). But I also think a much more optimistic scenario is plausible.

I believe that the creation of a superhumanly intelligent AI system is possible within 10 years, and maybe even within a lesser period of time (3-5 years).

Tags: science, technology, ai, artificial intelligence, singularity, goertzel, kurzweil, future

Building Gods

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:18:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A film about the future of AI, transhumanism, and the singularity.

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Human 2.0 - Creating Gods

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:12:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Documentary about the upcoming technological singularity.

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Tags: science, technology, future, neuroscience, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, singularity, quantum mechanics

Quantum computer to debut next week

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:13:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Welcome to the future.

Clip Source: www.techworld.com

Twenty years before most scientists expected it, a commercial company has announceda quantum computer that promises to massively speed up searches and optimisation calculations.

D-Wave of British Columbia has promised to demonstrate a quantum computer next Tuesday, that can carry out 64,000 calculations simultaneously (in parallel "universes"), thanks to a new technique which rethinks the already-uncanny world of quantum computing. But the academic world is taking a wait-and-see approach.

Tags: technology, science, computers, quantum, singularity

Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:16:28 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newscientist.com

Instant Expert: Brilliant Minds Forecast the Next 50 Years

What will be the biggest breakthrough of the next 50 years? As part of our 50^th anniversary celebrations we asked over 70 of the world's most brilliant scientists for their ideas.

In coming decades will we: discover that we are not alone in the universe? Unravel the physiological basis for consciousness? Routinely have false memories implanted in our minds? Begin to evolve in new directions? And will physicists finally hit upon a universal theory of everything? In fact, if the revelations of the last 50 years are anything to go on - the internet and the human genome for example - we probably have not even thought up the exciting advances that lay ahead of us.

Delve into those visions of the future by author in the story list of this special report, or navigate forecasts by topic here:

Life: Ageing, alien life, consciousness, ecology, embryology, environment, evolution, genetics, health, humans, language, neuroscience, oceans, psychology, sex and social science.

Space and technology: Artificial intelligence, communications, computing, cosmology, space and technology.

Physical sciences: Chemistry, energy, materials, maths and physics.

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Tags: science, future, space, technology, biology, singularity, evolution, genetics, nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence

In Depth: Ray Kurzweil

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:19:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.booktv.org

Book TV Programs
A Weekly Look at Selected Book TV Programs

On Sunday, November 5 at 12:00 pm and Monday, November 6 at 12:00 am

In Depth: Ray Kurzweil
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Description: Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil will be our guest for In Depth on November 5th (LIVE Noon-3pm ET). Mr. Kurzweil is the author of several books on the subject of artificial intelligence, including "The Age of Intelligent Machines," "The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence," and his latest, "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology." His companies have made major breakthroughs in print, sound and speech recognition technologies. As a result of his work, he was awarded the 1999 National Medal of Technology by President Clinton. You can join in this three-hour discussion with Mr. Kurzweil about his life and work by calling in during the program or by e-mailing your questions to booktv@c-span.org.

Author Bio: Ray Kurzweil is also the author of "The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life" and "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever." For more on Mr. Kurzweil and his work, visit: www.kurzweiltech.com.

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Tags: ai, technology, future, ray kurzweil, artificial intelligence