Elevating the Human Condition
Author Harry J. Bentham Predicting an economic “singularity” approaching, Kevin Carson from the Center for a Stateless Society writes in The Homebrew Industrial Revolution (2010) we can look forward to a vibrant “alternative economy” driven less and less by...
My friend and sometime collaborator Hugo DeGaris was looking forward to the movie “Transcendence” with great enthusiasm… With its theme of anti-technology terrorists attacking scientists and provoking a sort of war between pro-Singularity and anti-Singularity forces, the movie plot reflects...
Zoltan Istvan’s recent SF novel “The Transhumanist Wager” is a fascinating exploration of a reasonably plausible near-term future in which transhumanist technologies become prevalent and impactful — but in a highly politically controversial way.
Science, Technology & the Future: Nov 30 – Dec 1 2013, Melbourne Australia
“Biological intelligence is a fleeting phase in the evolution of the universe. – Paul Davies”
The 2045 Initiative is organized around a roadmap, projects, research labs and progress.
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.
Ben Goertzel interviews Adam Ford about the upcoming Humanity+ @Melbourne (May 5-6 2012), which will feature Aubrey de Grey, Natasha Vita-More, Stelarc and many more inspiring speakers.
You no longer need to contend with crowds, parking, lousy food, or noise to visit the halls of a conference center. EXPO21XX has created an online exhibition hall to showcase projects in more than 100 university robotics labs from around the world.
Oh, those clever chimpanzees. They manage to stay front-page news with the tragic, the outrageous, and the comic.
