Technological singularity

In future studies, a technological singularity (also referred to as just the Singularity) is a predicted future event when technological progress and societal change accelerate due to the advent of superhuman intelligence, changing our environment beyond the ability of pre-Singularity humans to comprehend or reliably predict. This event is named by analogy with the breakdown of modern physics knowledge near the gravitational singularity of a black hole.

Organizations

The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI, official site) is a nonprofit research think tank and public interest institute for the study and advancement of beneficial artificial intelligence and ethical cognitive enhancement. Since cognitive ability influences how well difficult problems can be solved, they aim to further the safe and significant enhancement of cognition to make contemporary humanitarian challenges generally more solvable. They have the additional goal of fostering a broader discussion and understanding of Friendly Artificial Intelligence. They focus on Friendly AI, as they believe strong AI will enhance cognition before human cognition can be enhanced by neurotechnologies or somatic gene therapy.

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Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence - Friendly Artificial Intelligence - Neurotechnologies - Somatic gene therapy

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The Acceleration Studies Foundation (ASF, official site), an educational nonprofit, was formed to attract broad business, scientific, technological, and humanist interest in acceleration and evolutionary development studies. They produce Accelerating Change, an annual conference on multidisciplinary insights in accelerating technological change at Stanford University, and maintain Acceleration Watch, an educational site discussing accelerating technological change.

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Acceleration Studies Foundation - Accelerating Change

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