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An interview with Hugo Award-winning science fiction icon Vernor Vinge, who’s ideas have done much to further serious discourse around Machine Intelligence and the Singularity.

Nick Bostrom interviewed at AGI 12 by Adam A. Ford

Ang’s research focuses on embedded devices such as routers, printers and VOIP phones. And he is the inventor of a novel, host-based defense mechanism known as Symbiotes. Symbiotes are software defenses “designed specifically to retrofit black-box, vulnerable, legacy embedded systems withsophisticated anti-exploitation mechanisms”. Ang’s work with symbiotes might very well be the first line of defense for your future cybernetically enhanced mind.

Humanity has become more and more connected, from the national level to the personal. Yet are we becoming better able to collectively harness our information, goals, and ideas to lead to wise decisions? How could we best enhance humanity’s collective wisdom to help overcome the global challenges of the next century?

Most powerful tools are like double-edged swords. Since information wants to be free, disruptive technologies that put huge powers into the hands of individuals are going to be difficult to control.

Will auto insurance disappear?

That’s a “provocative but plausible” scenario according to a recent Celent report.

We need to stop. Take a deep breath. We need to turn our anger into discriminating intelligence and wisdom before it is too late.

The human psyche is highly fragile in the times of stress, and it’s only appropriate to assume that the simulated voices will follow us more and more, just like the GPS in your car telling you to turn around the corner. We must apply tight user experience guidelines to some of these simulations.

In 2011, Alexander Kruel (XiXiDu) started a Q&A style interview series on LessWrong asking various experts in artificial intelligence about their perception of AI risks. He convened what was in essence a council of expert advisors to discuss AI development and risk.

Ben Goertzel converses with Hugo de Garis on his transhumanist argument for the reality of a Creator.