singularity

IBM Simulates a Cat-Like Brain: AI or Shadow Minds for Humans?

Jamais Cascio — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:05 -0500

A real-time computer-simulated cat brain? Could IBM have come up with a project more likely to trigger Internet excitement?

Singularity Scenarios: The Ultimate Innovation or an AI Apocalypse?

Jamais Cascio — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:34:33 -0400

My talk last weekend at the New York Future Salon explored the likelihood and the implications of the transformative event known as the "Singularity." I tend to part ways with many Singularity enthusiasts over two small issues: what comes before a Singularity, and what comes after.

The Singularity and Society

Jamais Cascio — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:54:13 -0400

The 2009 Singularity Summit is coming up this weekend (October 3-4) in New York City.

Singularity Cinema: A Q&A With the Director of Ray Kurzweil Bio-doc 'Transcendent Man'

Alissa Walker — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:41:35 -0400

Software and the Stimulus Package

Elon Gasper — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:25:06 -0400

Looking into one potential influence on the software business future, I searched for the word "software" in the Economic Stimulus Package bill passed earlier this year. There are 3 sections that use the word software: Broadband, Health IT, and a tax section which rules that students can draw down 529 funds to buy software products related to education - even computer games.

Future Science Now

Kevin Ohannessian — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:46:00 -0500

CNN reported today that a woman successfully received a transplant of a section of trachea made from her own stem cells.

That's right. Doctors grew her a windpipe grown in a lab.