column‚ Computers vs. Brains on the Opinionator of The New York Times‚ Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang analyzed some of the arguments by inventor Raymond Kurzweil‚ one of the leading inventors of our time‚ in his most recent futurist manifesto: “The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” (2005). Kurzweil estimates that machines will inevitably be able to surpass our thinking capabilities within a few decades. Kurzweil’s speculative reasoning has been heavily debated and challenged. In Aamodt
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Technological Singularity and Transhumanism Versus The Matrix The movie “The Matrix‚” depicts a futuristic era in which computer based artificial super intelligence has significantly exceeded the potentials of human brain power. Bringing us into a world that is overrun by artificially intelligent computer based machines. Many of us may believe that the idea of such an event can only exist within a Sci-Fi film. However‚ the majority of also may not know about long lived scientific theories projecting
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The technological singularity is an interesting concept. Essentially‚ it promises the ability for a machine to self-improve‚ resulting in what is commonly called a “runaway growth” of information‚ aka the “intelligence explosion”. Runaway growth is the idea of exponential growth compounded upon exponential growth. The way this would happen is through artificial intelligence (AI). There are futurists on both sides of the equation. On one hand‚ the optimists on this matter look to the possibility of
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The Singularity: Many of the most recognized writers on the singularity‚ such as Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil‚ define the concept in terms of the technological creation of superintelligence‚ and argue that it is difficult or impossible for present-day humans to predict what a post-singularity would be like‚ due to the difficulty of imagining the intentions and capabilities of superintelligent entities .A good way to understand the singularity is to imagine explaining the internet to somebody living
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investigation‚ research‚ and predictability of future technologies. The United States Government played a critical role in emergence of technology forecasting. One of the earliest examples of forecasting can be found in the 1937 publication of Technological Trends and National Policy‚ Including the Social Implications of New Inventions. The report predicted the wide use and significant impact of innovations such as plastics‚ television‚ and synthetic rubber among others. (Halsey‚ 1937) During the
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shelf‚ the less desirable it becomes.” Andrew Heller In this fast hi-tech era‚ every one expects continuous technological progress but no one can predict hundred percent what comes next? When people think of the future period‚ they assume that the current rate of progress will be continued for future periods. But when the history of technology is assessed seriously it shows that technological changes are exponential. Exponential growth is a feature of any evolutionary process and technology is one
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we are able to create machines smarter than humans‚ then those machines could do likewise‚ but much faster. The result will be an explosion of intelligence‚ and according to Vernor Vinge‚ the end of the human era. The Friendly AI Problem The Singularity Institute was founded to counter the threat of unfriendly artificial intelligence‚ losing control of the machines we have built‚ but the problem remains unsolved. Shane Legg proved that a machine (such as your brain) cannot predict (and thus cannot
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Essay October 8‚ 2014 The Inevitable Future It is hard to argue the fact that our future will see technological advances that will shape and change the way people go about their lives. Although change is imminent‚ it is unknown exactly how and to what degree these changes will impact society as a whole. These types of questions are the focal points of arguments set up by two highly respected technological minds‚ Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy‚ who take two very different stances on what they believe will
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done with singularity. I feel like there will always have to be a human behind every Ibot‚ robot‚ x-box‚ or any combination in between. Just like they are saying we can send a rocket into space without astronauts‚ which I am sure‚ is possible with the help of humans here on earth telling it what to do. I just do not think that technology will ever outgrow our mind power; after all it started with us in the beginning. I think humanity will be better off without the passing of singularity. It sounds
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t Social Context of Society Social Context of Technology – Essay “Technology is an independent factor impacting on society from outside society” Discuss with reference to both the Technological Determinist and the Social Shaping of Technology perspectives. The power technology obtains is incredible. In recent years it’s advanced greatly and I believe its limits is only our imagination. It is evolving at a quicker rate than ever and its
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