Comments on: Four Great Science Fiction Authors Weigh In on the Singularity (video) http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/ The Future Is Here Today...Robotics, Genetics, AI, Longevity, The Brain... Thu, 24 May 2012 14:06:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: DanV http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-38918 DanV Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:06:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-38918 Totally agreeing!!! Old-fashioned transcript are even better for not-so-well-speaking/understanding-English people. You can take the dictionary for words you are not sure about their meaning, and so on... Totally agreeing!!!
Old-fashioned transcript are even better for not-so-well-speaking/understanding-English people. You can take the dictionary for words you are not sure about their meaning, and so on…

]]> By: Quinn http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-15291 Quinn Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:29:36 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-15291 Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts! Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts!

]]> By: Quinn http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-32961 Quinn Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-32961 Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts! Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts!

]]> By: Quinn http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-32962 Quinn Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-32962 Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts! Nothing like those old-fashioned transcripts!

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]]> By: Nn http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-14822 Nn Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:05:24 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-14822 Thanks for the video, please try to fix the audio Thanks for the video, please try to fix the audio

]]> By: petergkinnon http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-14409 petergkinnon Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:33:12 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-14409 Science fact generally turns out to be more fascinating and bizarre than dreamed of by the anthropocentric meanderings of fiction writers.<br><br>The realization of the exponential growth of technology has now become widespread and it is now generally accepted by the cognoscenti that an event comparable to a phase transition (a better metaphor than the rather silly "singularity" buzz-word) will be shortly upon us.<br><br>What is still to be recognized is the evidential basis that the vector of the evolutionary life process, represented most commonly by genetic evolution and its more recent extension, the evolution of technology, points strongly to the present Internet as the basis for the next manifestation of this process. <br><br>Canton and others are at last becoming less dismissive of such a model. That they have remained so for so long stems from the fact that they work in the disciplines of IT and AI whereas the evidence on which this projection is based is derived rather from chemistry and biology.<br><br>It is presented in Chapter 11 of my recent book "Unusual Perspectives", the latest edition of which is available in electronic format for free download from the eponymous website. Science fact generally turns out to be more fascinating and bizarre than dreamed of by the anthropocentric meanderings of fiction writers.

The realization of the exponential growth of technology has now become widespread and it is now generally accepted by the cognoscenti that an event comparable to a phase transition (a better metaphor than the rather silly “singularity” buzz-word) will be shortly upon us.

What is still to be recognized is the evidential basis that the vector of the evolutionary life process, represented most commonly by genetic evolution and its more recent extension, the evolution of technology, points strongly to the present Internet as the basis for the next manifestation of this process.

Canton and others are at last becoming less dismissive of such a model. That they have remained so for so long stems from the fact that they work in the disciplines of IT and AI whereas the evidence on which this projection is based is derived rather from chemistry and biology.

It is presented in Chapter 11 of my recent book “Unusual Perspectives”, the latest edition of which is available in electronic format for free download from the eponymous website.

]]> By: Hjalmar http://singularityhub.com/2010/03/11/four-great-science-fiction-authors-weigh-in-on-the-singularity-video/#comment-14395 Hjalmar Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:36:49 +0000 http://singularityhub.com/?p=13169#comment-14395 Sorry, but the sound quality is really too bad. I cranked up the volume to hear the conversation, and I almost got deaf when somebody laughed into the mic on the camera. Sorry, but the sound quality is really too bad. I cranked up the volume to hear the conversation, and I almost got deaf when somebody laughed into the mic on the camera.

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