Previously we observed acceleration, discontinuity, and superintelligence as common to all accounts of the technological singularity. A useful definition, however, must also make explicit three additional distinguishing characteristics, which clarify what is at stake: the impenetrability of what lies beyond, its inevitability, and its looming proximity.
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I edited the volume and chose no sides, putting skeptics and believers on equal footing. That was the right call in 2013. Thirteen years on, neutrality is no longer tenable — it is a dangerous evasion.
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An open letter orchestrated by the Future of Life Institute calling for a six months moratorium on research in artificial intelligence, quoting risks attached to ‘the loss of control’ over self-improving AI. The experts — and cosignatories such as opinionated oligarchs notwithstanding — insist that the risks are both existential and imminent. The Singularity is back in
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A London Futurists Meetup 14 May 2016, 14:00–16:00, Birkbeck College
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Sapience Technical Report STR 2016-1 Author: Amnon H. Eden ‘The Singularity Controversy, Part I: Lessons Learned and Open Questions: Conclusions from the Battle on the Legitimacy of the Debate‘ informs policy makers on the nature and the merit of the arguments for and against the concerns associated with a potential technological singularity. Part I describes the lessons learned from
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Amnon H. Eden, Johnny H. Søraker, James H. Moor, Eric Steinhart (eds.) The Frontiers Collection, Springer 2013
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