When will self-driving cars become the norm? How soon until an AI passes the Turing Test, and how soon afterwards will we all be out of a job? Which organization will be the first to unleash uncontrolled all-consuming nanomachines upon the world? That is what we'll discuss this month (until the conversation goes wildly off-topic, as it usually does). If you've read anything interesting recently about new technologies and future trends, please share.
Fermi estimates and predictionbook.com will be involved.
In other news, and for at least the next six months, the Brussels meetup group has a page on Meetup.com. It's for recruitment purposes only, but the meetups will be announced there too. If you find that more convenient than subscribing to our Google Group, feel free to join it (link below).
We will meet at 1 pm at La Fleur en papier doré, close to the Brussels Central station. The meeting will be in English to facilitate both French and Dutch speaking members.
Discussion article for the meetup : Brussels monthly meetup: Futurology!
WHEN: 11 January 2014 01:00:00PM (+0100)
WHERE: Rue des Alexiens 55 1000 Bruxelles
When will self-driving cars become the norm? How soon until an AI passes the Turing Test, and how soon afterwards will we all be out of a job? Which organization will be the first to unleash uncontrolled all-consuming nanomachines upon the world? That is what we'll discuss this month (until the conversation goes wildly off-topic, as it usually does). If you've read anything interesting recently about new technologies and future trends, please share.
Fermi estimates and predictionbook.com will be involved.
In other news, and for at least the next six months, the Brussels meetup group has a page on Meetup.com. It's for recruitment purposes only, but the meetups will be announced there too. If you find that more convenient than subscribing to our Google Group, feel free to join it (link below).
We will meet at 1 pm at La Fleur en papier doré, close to the Brussels Central station. The meeting will be in English to facilitate both French and Dutch speaking members.
If you are coming for the first time, please consider filling out this one minute form, to share your contact information: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qSvI1NWkFSsfIJhUMORb_Wd8fdJTVPhdw49grDQwRTI/viewform The Brussels meetups use a Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lesswrong-brussels And, for meetups announcements only, a Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/LWBrussels/
Discussion article for the meetup : Brussels monthly meetup: Futurology!