MichaelAnissimov

This post is on behalf of Amy Willey, former MIRI employee who is Volunteer Coordinator for GF 2045. One of the most exciting futurist events this year will be Global Future 2045, in New York City on June 15-16. They need volunteers! You can apply to be a volunteer here....

I wrote a blog post responding to Kevin Kelly that I'm fairly happy about. It summarizes some of the reasons why I figure that superintelligence is likely to be a fairly big deal. If you read it, please post your comments here.

Hello LessWrong, As one of my assignments at the Singularity Institute (SI), I am writing a research FAQ answering the most frequently asked questions regarding the Singularity Institute's research program. For a short summary of what SI is about, see our concise summary. Here are some examples of questions I'm...

No, not the kind of Singularity usually discussed here... I'm referring to the possibility of phantom energy-driven rips in the cosmos caused by accelerating expansion, or "sudden future singularities of pressure". (Technically: "a momentary infinite peak in the tidal forces of the universe.") A recent paper by Ghodsi & Hendri...

Posted at http://singinst.org/blog/2011/12/11/a-brief-summary-of-recent-happenings-at-the-singularity-institute/ The Singularity Summit was a huge success. We raised over $300,000, one-third of that a donation from Jaan Tallinn, another third from a variety of generous donors who gave during or immediately after the Summit, and a third from ticket sales. We have roughly $500,000 in the...

Hi all, At the Singularity Institute we're looking for a volunteer with experience making edits to Wikipedia. The quality of some Wikipedia pages related to our subject matter could use improvement, but we would like to consult with someone who has an editing background on the way to go about...

Here is an index of all Singularity Summit speeches. Summit 2006 * Todd Davies, Tyler Emerson, and Peter Thiel. Introduction to the Singularity Summit. * Ray Kurzweil. The Singularity: a hard or soft takeoff? * Douglas Hofstadter. Trying to muse rationally about the Singularity scenario. * Nick Bostrom. Artificial Intelligence...