Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity

http://www.ted.com Ray Kurzweil's latest graphs show that technology's breakneck advances will only accelerate -- recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity.

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[SingularityArriving]

02:15 I love the way Kurzweil, because he is such as amazing polymath, matter-of-factly says that the 6th paradigm of exponential growth in computing will be "three dimensional, self-organizing molecular circuits." Of course, what else?!

One of the best videos on YouTube for providing decades of research in cogent minutes of learning for easy assimilation.

[euripideesshreds]

Great concept... good work and looking forward to so much to come !

[inachu]

What concerns me is when nano techonlogy creates true AI and we introduce religion to AI.

Can a computer be saved?

[inachu]

instead of curing cancer using nano tech to batlle an out right war with nano bots killing cancer outright lol

[michaelpousti]

cool video..really great keep it up!

[epcdave]

@DurexDurpaneu2 If you can't beat them, join them. Conform or you will not be considered for the future. Just sayin'.

[epcdave]

Those with the resources and money will be standing in the end. Heavily guarded. Oh maybe buy some stock in CAT because they'll be picking up the bodies.

[graycam]

Wow, based on this rate of exponential growth, imagine what p0rn will be like in 2025?

[DurexDurpaneu2]

@misterasmodeus who can say for sure it's our demise and not a rebirth? And why rebel? Did you rebel against the computer you are using?

[Jackinthehizzle]

@DanceInYourRoom, you should watch the presentation before sharing your opinions. R.K.'s "success" (I think you mean "prediction accuracy") is NOT dependent on Moore's Law. Moore's Law only represents one technological paradigm--the transistor. When transistors reach their capacity (as suction tubes did in the 1950s), we'll move on to 3-D circuits.

Did R.K. also build the K-NFB Reader (a computer that reads for the blind) in order to "feed on (sic) people's fear of death"?

[IndependentBlackSoul]

If we search world consumption of energy in 2005, we see that wind takes up only 0.3% In 2011, this has risen to 4% - a lot more than doubled. (about 1.5 years doubling). If this trend keeps up, by 2020 more than 50% (64% in fact) of the worlds energy can be produced by wind farming (admittedly, population and demand will increase, putting in more like high 30's, low 40's.) Peak oil has still not be reached, and oil will certainly continue until we can replace it. The Singularity is coming. Fast