SingularitySalon

• Topic: "What is the singularity?" as suggested on the SuggestedTopics page

20070227T1830-0800 @ Crepes on Cole

• When@Where: Tuesday 2/27 6:30pm @ Crepes on Cole
• What:
• Introduction to "What is the Singularity?" and dinner discussion at Crepes on Cole

Who

Short notice so maybe it will be only a few but that's ok, we can repeat this one.

• Tantek (attended the Stanford Singularity Summit, Vernor Vinge Singularity talk by Long Now Foundation, has thought a bunch about this and has a general interest in the topic area)
• Jess (has familiarity with various Singularity models)
• Daniel is down for this, but its a little last minute, non? Some other folks might be interested.
• The Singularity happens on an accelerated time scale, thus this being last minute is meta-appropriate.
• the mehrshad is there for the crepes, not the Futurism 101 lecture.
• mehrshad, it's a discussion, not a lecture. would you like to contribute to the discussion? perhaps note some ideas or references below? - Tantek
• Martin Sounds like a good discussion. Really short notice, I'll try to make it over there.
• SarahMeyers
• ... add yourself ...

Regrets

• LianeBaskin would be there without a doubt if she didn't have prior plans; bummed to miss this one.
• Carla: Date doesn't work for me.
• JeffLindsay was interested but found out after the fact

Suggested Reading Beforehand

If you have a moment, at least skim these before the dinner:

• Wikipedia article on the \"Technological Singularity\"
• Vernor Vinge on the Singularity, 1993

Relevant and Related Media

Articles and Papers

• Vernor Vinge on the Singularity, 1993
• Wikipedia article on the \"Technological Singularity\"

Books

• Ray Kurzweil's book \"The Singularity is Near\"
• William Gibson: "Neuromancer" (emergence of Wintermute self-aware AI)

Video

• "X Files" TV series season 5 episode "Kill Switch"
• self-aware, net-resident AI with independent initiative, consciousness uploading
• Terminator 3
• emergence of Skynet, self-aware, net-resident AI that decides humans are a threat to it
• I, Robot
• humanoid robots with semi-human intelligence, self-aware AI that decides people are better off with it in control
• Star Trek : The Next Generation (TNG)
• Borg episodes, as a model for the evolved collective intelligence.

Related Sites

• The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
• singularity.org
• Flickr photos tagged \"singularitysummit\"

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