Toward a Typology of Transhumanism
Years ago, James Hughes sought to typify the emerging political debate over transhumanism with a three-axis political...
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Thanks to Computers, We Are “Getting Better at Playing Chess”
According to an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal, “Chess-playing computers, far from revealing the...
Speculations on the Future of AI
Thanks for the shoutout and the kind words, Adam, about my review of Kurzweil’s latest book. I’ll take a stab at...
Alex Knapp Grades Ray Kurzweil’s Predictions
Over at Forbes, Alex Knapp has taken a look at Ray Kurzweil’s technological predictions for 2009 from his 1999 The...
Ray Kurzweil for Leader of Antiquated Tribal Political Council (a.k.a. Kurzweil for President)
Even transhumanists shudder to hear Ray Kurzweil described as their leader. But he’s running for president! Well —...
Computerized Translation and Resurrecting the Dead
Tim Carmody wrote a fascinating article recently on the future of computerized translation, noting that Google recently...
They wuz robbed
Despite some promising early results, and finishing in 30th place in the online public poll, it looks like Ray Kurzweil...
Link roundup
An article from Reuters on the predictive power of brain scans contains this unintentional gem of a quote: “We...
Humanity’s Last Breath
In Ray Kurzweil’s 2005 tome The Singularity is Near, he has a section rebutting what he calls “the criticism from...
Final thoughts on the H+ Summit
Well, so much for liveblogging, but I wanted to share some final thoughts on the H+ Summit at Harvard that I recently...