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- A Critical Discussion of Vinge's Singularity Concept - Thirteen participants write essays on the Singularity; Vernor Vinge responds to each. Edited by Robin Hanson.
hanson.gmu.edu/vi.html
- Accelerating Times - A bi-montly newsletter run by John Smart's Singularity Watch. Tracks Singularity-related books, news, and tech/science tidbits. Includes information on events and occurences in the transhumanism and singularity community.
www.singularitywatch.com/mail_list.html
- An Introduction to the Singularity - A concise explanation of the singularity by the Singularity Institute for AI.
www.singinst.org/intro.html
- Ander's Transhumanist Resources - The original transhumanist resource.
www.aleph.se/Trans/index-2.html
- Computronium Shockwave - Encouraging novel ideas and general development/propagation of the Singularity meme. Includes The Singularitarian Collective mailing list.
www.geocities.com/imminentsingularity
- Excerpts from "The Spike" - "Damien Broderick takes us to the edge of a technological Singularity."
www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0229.html?
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Meaning of Life - "We don't have direct access to the real meaning of life. But whatever it is, it's a good guess that the Minds on the other side of Singularity have a better chance of achieving it, so the Singularity is the interim meaning of life. You don't have to know what the meaning of life is in order to work towards it."
sysopmind.com/tmol-faq/meaningoflife.html
- How Long Before Superintelligence? - Nick Bostrom's scholarly analysis of the hardware and software required for superintelligence, and when it is likely to arrive.
www.nickbostrom.com/superintelligence.html
- John Smart's Nanomagazine.com Interview - Mr. Smart provides detailed answers in this singularity-explicit interview, responding to the main objections against the singularity concept, providing information on his studies of the singularity and forthcoming book "Destiny of Species," critiquing Bill Joy's proposed global strategy of technological relinquishment, and much more.
www.nanomagazine.com/nanomagazine/01_06b_08
- Long-Term Growth as a Sequence of Exponential Modes - Trend analysis: Fits the history of economic growth from 2 million B.C. to today as a sequence of growth modes, and suggests that in the next century a new mode may appear where the economy doubles every month or two.
hanson.gmu.edu/longgrow.html
- Shock Level 4 Mailing List - Information on the Singularity, superintelligence, Powers, Jupiter Brains, Alpha-Point cosmologies, posthumanity, Apotheosis et al. "The four virtues of an SL4 post are Intelligence, Fun, Importance, and Future Shock. (Any post should include at least one.)"
singinst.org/lists/sing.html
- Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Inc. - A tax-exempt nonprofit specifically devoted to the design and development of self-understanding, self-modifying, and recursively self-improving Artificial Intelligence. Explicitly devoted to implementing the Singularity.
singinst.org
- Singularity Resource Center - Singularitarian FAQ, to do list, papers, readings, and news. Includes Daniel Clemmensen's 1996 "Paths to the Singularity."
homepage.mac.com/sing_rc
- Singularity Watch - "A 'Singularity Watcher' is neither absolutely convinced -- nor uncritically happy -- that the Singularity is going to happen, but they do believe this issue deserves serious scientific investigation." Runs mailing lists, an L.A.-based reading group, and attempting to organize a conference on accelerating change.
www.singularitywatch.com
- Singularity Weblog - Singularity is a comprehensive overview of the technologies, philosophy, and impact of the Singularity. It is presented in weblog format and updated regularly.
singularity.manilasites.com
- Staring into the Singularity - "If computing speeds double every two years, what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research?" Powers, Transcendence, and the ultimate unknowability of dealing with something that's smarter than you are.
sysopmind.com/singularity.html
- Surviving the Singularity - Steve Alan Edwards interviews five transhumanists on the Singularity. Touches on a broad cross-section of the issues.
members.aol.com/salaned/writings/survive.htm
- Tearing Toward the Spike - Damien Broderick gives an overview of the technological singularity by outlining twelve possible scenarios.
www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0173.html?
- The Law of Accelerating Returns - Ray Kurzweil's precis of his forthcoming book, "The Singularity is Near." This paper provides a lucid exposition on the historical exponential growth of complex systems, supported by data from many fields, and provides predictions based on that data.
www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1
- The Singularitarian Principles - Principles that define and describe Singularitarians, the partisans and advocates of the Singularity.
sysopmind.com/sing/principles.html
- Transhumanism Weblog - Resources, papers, and news on transhumanism, singularity, AI, AT, NT, cognitive science, programming et al. A new weblog that is updated regularly.
radio.weblogs.com/0100092
- When Will Computer Hardware Match the Human Brain? - Hans Moravec provides a detailed analysis of the computing power of human neurology, progress in AI as a function of available hardware, and the computing power required to simulate human performance in subdomains such as chess or visual processing.
www.transhumanist.com/volume1/moravec.htm
- KurzweilAI - Ray Kurzweil's vast megacomplex of Singularity-related material. Probably the largest Singularity resource on the Web, and certainly the one with the coolest website (including the famed "Ramona" spokesbot). Includes an excerpt from Kurzweil's forthcoming book, "The Singularity Is Near."
www.kurzweilai.net
- The Coming Technological Singularity - The 1993 NASA lecture by Vernor Vinge, inventor of the Singularity concept. "Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended."
www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~phoenix/vinge/vinge-sing.html
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