[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'W')e have forgotten the keys to the kingdom.

[jbrovont]

Can I get a Hura? I'm ready for my 'upgrade.'

My inner geeks thinks this is awesome. Unfortunately, I'm sure the first thing they'll do is weaponize it. :/

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'W')e have forgotten the keys to the kingdom.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jbrovont', 'U')nfortunately, I'm sure the first thing they'll do is weaponize it. :/

[lper100km]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('miles329', '
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That's pretty scary, really don't like them using animals like that. Think it's pretty immoral and gross.

[lotrfan55345]

I want a rat brain computer!
I'm sure it could push a gigaflop

[outcast]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')f course, the idea behind the experiment is to discover how neurons grow and differentiate to perform various information processing tasks. what algorithms are used, etc. Once those things are learnt, engineers could duplicate them in electronics. Why screw around with nutrients and antibiotics?

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('outcast', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')f course, the idea behind the experiment is to discover how neurons grow and differentiate to perform various information processing tasks. what algorithms are used, etc. Once those things are learnt, engineers could duplicate them in electronics. Why screw around with nutrients and antibiotics?

[Carlhole]

The Singularity Summit 2008
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SS08', '[')b]The Singularity Summit is the premier dialog on the Singularity.
The first Singularity Summit was held at Stanford in 2006 to further understanding and discussion about the Singularity concept and the future of human technological progress. It was founded as a venue for leading thinkers to explore the subject, whether scientist, enthusiast, or skeptic.

Since 2006, the scope of this dialog has expanded dramatically. In 2008, the Singularity has now entered mainstream consideration. IEEE Spectrum, a sober and mainstream technology publication, issued a special report on the Singularity; and Intel CTO Justin Rattner remarked that "We're making steady progress toward the singularity" during his keynote to 2,000 people at Intel Developer Forum. What was once a relatively unknown concept is now being discussed in corporate board rooms.

We invite you to join our extraordinary group of visionaries in business, science, technology, design, and the arts, as our community explores this exciting topic. Your participation offers a world of powerful ideas, a unique networking opportunity, and access to an exclusive directory of your peers.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'F')ace it. Neuroscience will advance. The basis for consciousness will reveal itself. A limited machine intelligence will soon exist. And when that milestone is reached, it is only a step or two away from a sudden explosion of intelligence. The whole skin of the Earth will become analogous to the brain's neocortex.

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'F')ace it. Neuroscience will advance. The basis for consciousness will reveal itself. A limited machine intelligence will soon exist. And when that milestone is reached, it is only a step or two away from a sudden explosion of intelligence. The whole skin of the Earth will become analogous to the brain's neocortex.

[Carlhole]

IBM's Blue Brain Project

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]The Blue Brain project is the first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain, in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations.

In July 2005, EPFL and IBM announced an exciting new research initiative - a project to create a biologically accurate, functional model of the brain using IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer. Analogous in scope to the Genome Project, the Blue Brain will provide a huge leap in our understanding of brain function and dysfunction and help us explore solutions to intractable problems in mental health and neurological disease.

At the end of 2006, the Blue Brain project had created a model of the basic functional unit of the brain, the neocortical column. At the push of a button, the model could reconstruct biologically accurate neurons based on detailed experimental data, and automatically connect them in a biological manner, a task that involves positioning around 30 million synapses in precise 3D locations.

In November, 2007, the Blue Brain project reached an important milestone and the conclusion of its first Phase, with the announcement of an entirely new data-driven process for creating, validating, and researching the neocortical column.

More detailed information and a glimpse into the future of the Blue Brain Project.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Carlhole', 'A') Singularitarian would argue that even if there were a human die-off even up to big numbers lik 70 - 80%, it wouldn't be catastrophic to human society. And in the process, the wrenching change created by the necessity of surviving the cataclysm would only speed the technological progress that is already racing forward. There is no necessary link between human science and consumerism that is known of.

[evilgenius]

Yes, the two great challenges facing man in the 21st century are the end of oil and the advent of artificial intelligence. I don't talk much about what I think about artificial intelligence on this site (not all in agreement with Kurzweil), but I do see it as looming. Like the end of oil AI could be a good thing, freeing man, or it could be a curse, destroying our capacity for ethical reasoning via insidious and overwhelming machination.

[blukatzen]

I am wondering if the singularity project would consider a human with fully realized DNA (as projected in their genetics) would be a match for their AI project?

Do they think that the AI would enhance human DNA genomes? Or is it needed to "switch on" the ones that are not in current use, the so called "garbage DNA"?

I think a fully functioning human being would blow the AI project out of the water. I think it may be happening sooner than you think. What are your thoughts on this?

Blu

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'A')nyway there is no reason to create these. They would compete for dwindling resources with remaining humans.

[blukatzen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'A')nyway there is no reason to create these. They would compete for dwindling resources with remaining humans.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('blukatzen', 'T')here have always been those in power, the ultra-rich, who have had their own technology they've been interested in, and it hasn't been until now, this modern society can afford them to dabble and let others know about this more openly. The blueprints, so to speak, are on the table. It's just now we've been connecting the dots in order to see where this is going.

[TWilliam]

What I see as the biggest challenge to the concept of the Singularity is this: what if in fact the mystical traditions are correct and what we define as matter is a byproduct of Consciousness, rather than Consciousness being a byproduct of matter? Brain being a manifestation of mind rather than mind being a manifestation of brain, in other words? What then of the idea of conscious machines?

[Carlhole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', 'A')nyway there is no reason to create these. They would compete for dwindling resources with remaining humans.