The Singularity: A problem to solve, to solve more problems

A blueprint for a shortcut to the future. http://singinst.org/

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[endthedisease]

There are computers being used for nothing other than pure molecular research. They are searching for new chemical combinations, protein structures and mapping genomes.

There is enough energy from the sun hitting the earth every day to power every car, home, building and system on this planet 10 times over. Unfortunately the solar panels available can't come near to absorbing %100 of that energy. Imagine what we could do with the right substance to get all that energy.

[smlifyrasor]

@dhead22 O_o... If you're going to over-simplify things like that... At least do it right. There's plenty of evidence and trends going forward, to suggest these technologies will come about real soon. It's only a question of time, computer progress, and medical/biological progress. And these things are coming together fast.

[BadGroundBand]

@Nikiti002 lol

[Nikiti002]

no ofence but u sound like a man

[fekinel]

42

[jknapp06]

I'm very interested in this field of study but I often wonder about our ability to create something smarter than us. I think it's clear that a single person couldn't use his brain to develop a brain that was better than his. But even if we have a group of (human) brains working together, I'm not convinced that we can create something smarter than a single human. I don't know that a group of people can communicate well enough to combine their mental capacities in a way to achieve this feat.

[falcord]

Respect from a fellow transhumanist.

I'm an automatic/electronic engineer specializing in artificial intelligence. I'm currently researching on sentient machines and I promise you I'm putting all my effort in making the singularity happen. Best of all, I'm not alone. There is a wave of rational, clear minds incoming, I can feel it beneath the usual surface of ignorance and prejudice.

Thanks Zinnia for your part of this. The world needs clear voices as well as clear minds, and yours is perfect.

[PinkProgram]

I'm a safe singularity :3

[alienzen]

Isnt the idea of us trying to impose a morality on an intelligence that is greater than us a bit absurd? Surely any morality that such an entity developed would be superior to human morality anway...and as regards to being a threat to human kind, this is based on the assumption that the persistance of human beings is a good thing.

[teclife4]

she's a cast member in the new matrix movie.woooooooow.breath.

[way2jaded1]

sounds like the plot to terminator to me!

[zacthebold]

I bet someday someone makes a psychotic computer like skynet or hal. We just have to be careful as to what computers are in control of what.