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The Technological Singularity: Potential Effects on the Human Experience

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Many think that technological intelligence will soon affect human life more than we have ever imagined. These advancements may even be able to fundamentally transform what it means to be human. Is this really possible? Is it already happening? Author, futurist, and renowned inventor Ray Kurzweil remains optimistic – about both the inevitability of such …

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Singularity University Announces Winners of the 2013 Global Impact Competitions

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SOURCE: Singularity University May 29, 2013 11:27 ET 18 Participants Selected to Attend Singularity University’s 2013 Summer Graduate Studies Program MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwired – May 29, 2013) – With the prize of attending Singularity University…

The Business Singularity

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Exponential curves gradually, inexorably grow until they reach a limit. The function increases over time. That’s why a force like gravity, which grows exponentially as objects with mass get closer to one another, eventually leads to a black hole.…

Ray Kurzweil Teams Up With Google

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RAY KURZWEIL TEAMS UP WITH GOOGLE TO TACKLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE By Jason Dorrier at Singularity Hub Ray Kurzweil. Photo Credit Think we’ll have artifical intelligence by 2029? Ray Kurzweil does. He is simultaneously idolized and infamous for…

The Cloud Will Expand Human Brain Capacity: Kurzweil

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Futurist and author Ray Kurzweil predicts the cloud will eventually do more than store our emails or feed us streaming movies on demand: it’s going to help expand our brain capacity beyond its current limits. In a question-and-answer session following…