Comments on: 10 Questions for Ray Kurzweil

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:48:34 +0000

I want to know what people interested in longevity think about the effects of donating plasma. 800ml out of the blood per donation – how does that effect the body?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0000

I want to know what people interested in longevity think about the effects of donating plasma. 800ml out of the blood per donation – how does that effect the body?

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By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:06:49 +0000

Given the slow and erratic progress in AI over the past 40 years, what makes Kurzweil so confident that machines will become intelligent (in the commonly understood sense) in the next 40?

Or perhaps I should ask the flip side of the question: Suppose that things continue in much the way they are now, with increasingly powerful and miniaturized wireless devices making information available wherever we want it. Does that count as a “singularity”? It is easy for me to imagine, for instance, a brain implant that allows me to conduct Google searches purely by the power of thought–but that merging of biological and digital intelligence seems distinctly different from what Kurzweil means by singularity.

By: Corey

Corey — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:06:00 +0000

Given the slow and erratic progress in AI over the past 40 years, what makes Kurzweil so confident that machines will become intelligent (in the commonly understood sense) in the next 40?

By: Paul Shin

Paul Shin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:30:02 +0000

1) What is/will be the relationship between ethics and The Singularity? The rapid growth of science/knowledge leads to many advancements via engineering, but how can/will ethics be applied when mankind can no longer keep pace. Or will this be a problem?

2) What to do about scientific literacy so that everyone can understand, to at least a basic level, the rapidly advancing technology?

By: Paul Shin

Paul Shin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:30:00 +0000

2) What to do about scientific literacy so that everyone can understand, to at least a basic level, the rapidly advancing technology?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:46:48 +0000

Singularity University is clearly aimed at helping to shape the Singularity and hasten its arrival. Do exponential trends really need help and, if so, can we really expect to shape them?

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:46:00 +0000

Singularity University is clearly aimed at helping to shape the Singularity and hasten its arrival. Do exponential trends really need help and, if so, can we really expect to shape them?