To find out more about the technologies that will bring us to the Singularity, listen to the companion episode on the Future Jam podcast!
Episode Summary
00:00:00 | Intro
00:02:19 | Defining the Technological Singularity
The Singularity is Near » HomepageTechnological Singularity - YouTube00:06:18 | Historical Trends
00:13:48 | Augmenting Ourselves
00:20:56 | Consciousness and Robot Rights
Do Robots Deserve Rights? What if Machines Become Conscious? - YouTube00:34:24 | Backing Up the Human Mind
00:37:36 | Merging Our Minds
00:42:14 | The Chinese Room Argument
00:45:57 | The Digital Divide
00:51:47 | Existential Risks
00:54:07 | Gray Goo
01:04:15 | Hostile AI
01:09:08 | Ethics of the Singularity
Big History - YouTube01:19:46 | Outro
Attributions
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