Eliezer Yudkowsky

3 Free Singularity Books

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Here are the links to 3 interesting free singularity/sci fi books: Cory Doctorow‘s 2003 novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Roger Williams‘ The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect Eliezer Yudkowsky‘s Three Worlds Collide Enjoy but do let me know which one was your favorite! Will technology replace biology? Related articles by Zemanta Singularity Podcast: Vernor Vinge and Cory Doctorow on NPR (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Debating the Singularity: Eliezer Yudkowsky vs Massimo Pigliucci (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) James Harvey’s Singularity Podcast: We are Singularia (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) The Singularity Survey Contest: Socrates’ 7 Questions For You (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Amazon.com offers up free comic book for Singularity pre-orders (news.bigdownload.com)

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Debating the Singularity: Eliezer Yudkowsky vs Massimo Pigliucci

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This is a very interesting video debate on the technological singularity between Eliezer Yudkowsky and Massimo Pigliucci from BloggingHeads.tv Eliezer Yudkowsky is a research fellow at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor in philosophy at the City University of New York. Related articles by Zemanta Michael Anissimov at Foresight 2010: Don’t Fear the Singularity, But Be Careful (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Philosopher David Chalmers on the Singularity (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) We are Witnesses (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com)

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