singularity
Ideas from “Accelerando”
Sunday, August 20th, 2006Just finished reading the book Accelerando by Charles Stross. In a nutshell, it’s a sci-fi novel involving 3-generations of a family, and follows them from pre-singularity earth through a post-singularity universe. Why I don’t think it’s his best book (it’s actually a collection of previously-published short stories), I was particularly impressed with some of the […]
Singularity Discussion on NPR
Sunday, July 23rd, 2006Found a nice NPR discussion with Vernor Vinge and Cory Doctorow about the singularity. An interesting, short listen.
Ray Kurzweil Net Q&A
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Came across an interesting net Q&A with Ray Kurzweil today, where he covers all kinds of topics about the future of technology. Everytime I read something Ray says, I get really excited about the what’s in store for the world. Hopefully his predictions will come true, as that will be a great future.
Interesting Blog: Biosingularity
Monday, January 2nd, 2006Happened upon an interesting blog today (it was on the Wordpress “Hot Blogs” list) called Biosingularity. From the author’s About page:
The convergence of biology with nanotechnology and information technologies will soon create an unprecendent ability to understand and manipulate biological systems. I have coined the term Biosingularity to define a time when we will be […]
‘The Singularity is Near’
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005Just received my copy of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near the other day, and have anxiously started reading it. I have found the concept of the singularity fascinating ever since I started reading about it last year, and Ray is one of the top thinkers/futurists on this topic. Joel Garreau wrote a whole chapter […]