Insights · July 20th, 2010
The possibility that accelerating scientific developments in information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence might converge into a “singularity†has been the subject of science and science fiction writing for some time. The idea most simply described is that at some point, perhaps by the year 2030, developments in these fields will reach a point of accelerated integration where their outcomes become both profound and in a sense unknowable in advance. Machines intelligent enough to seem more than human are just one possibility.
Various organizations are devoted to the study of this integrated view of science, among them the Singularity Institute. On August 14-15, 2010 the Institute will host the Singularity Summit10, in San Francisco. Impressive program line-up, open to the public. You might want to check it out. Michael Vasser, a sometimes writer at Futurist.com, is President of the Institute.
In this video the Institute interviews Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, about AI and the coming Singularity
