Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk
The Singularity Institute publish “Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk” (PDF).
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KQED: Nanotechnology takes off
Great video about nanotechnology from KQED.
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Let’s Get This Non-Biological Life Form Party Started
Molecular scientist and chemist Dr. Alan H. Goldstein returns to open up our Spring Season with a two part interview about the A
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Propellers for Microrobots
Researchers in Switzerland have developed a novel form of propulsion for microrobots that mimics the way bacteria zip about using corkscrew-like appendages called
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Ultranationalists and nuclear insiders
Russian ultranationalists may have nuclear material: Vladimir Vlasov, a former employee of the Academician Bochvar All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials, was
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The Human Importance of the Intelligence Explosion
Eliezer Yudkowsky explains the essence of the Singularity – the intelligence explosion. [googlevideo=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6114518772001796913] Via Accelerating Future.
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Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World
The Oxford Research Group has published “Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World”. The report focus on the disproportionate
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Edmonton Aging Symposium Presentation: Gregory Stock & Daniel Callahan
Dr. Gregory Stock (Director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society at UCLA’s School of Public Health) discuss ethical issues of life
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What if Humans were Designed to Last?
Technologies are emerging that extend survival by delaying death from chronic fatal diseases. Pushing this envelope may briefly quench our insatiable thirst for
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Get ready for 24-hour living
Yves is talking about modafinil, a stimulant that since its launch seven years ago has acquired a near-mythical reputation for wiring you awake
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