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The Best of Singularity Weblog 2010

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It is time to look back and acknowledge the best posts on Singularity Weblog for the year 2010. However, instead of writing a top 10 (or even worse – top 20) list, which research suggests people rarely read past the first 5, I intend to trick your brain by posting a bunch of Top 3 lists in several categories.  In this way, hopefully, you will get to (re)discover a few interesting articles from the Singularity Weblog 2010 Archive that you may have otherwise missed. So, the categories that I have in mind are: most popular; best article by Socrates; best guest post; best podcast interview; best guest podcast; most funny or entertaining; most stunning; and, finally, Singularity Symposium‘s top 3 web pages. The metrics used for the ranking are a combination of Google Analytics, social bookmarks, post comments, emails to [...]

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If Socrates Were A Blogger

by Socrates
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Socrates felt that even though he was born Athenian he was a citizen of the world. During his public trial he remarked that “A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time” (Plato. Apology. 32a) But what if Socrates were a blogger? Would he fare any better today than 2,500 ago? *** We do not like to be wrong. We rarely assume that we may be wrong. Human nature doesn’t let us feel wrong… When there is a chance that we may be wrong we get angry; we feel frustrated and threatened; our sub-conscious self-defensive mechanisms prevent us from taking the fault in us and thus our self-preservation instincts prevent us from seeing the truth. Even when we know or suspect that we are [...]

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Top 10 Singularitarians of All Time

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The technological singularity is the event or sequence thereof likely to occur at or after the birth of AI, especially when Artificial Intelligence surpasses biological i.e. human intelligence. Since it is human intelligence which, in one way or another, is still the primary cause and ultimate mover behind AI, there are a number of people who either had or continue to have enormous impact on the singularity. Some of those are scientists who work diligently in fields as varied as Genetics, Robotics, Nanotechnology or Artificial Intelligence. Others are theorists and science fiction writers who have been the inspiration behind both the concept and the science, and have shaped the popular perception about what the singularity will, could or should be. Still others have been vehement critics who have either argued powerfully against or have taken direct action to prevent the [...]

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Welcome to Singularity Blog

by Socrates
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“Will technology replace biology?” This is the question. Singularity Blog is a journal of Socrates’ thoughts on news, issues and people related to the Technological Singularity. Here Socrates will not shy to provide his opinion but will place no claim on its superiority. Socrates’ goal is to use his blog as a stage for a Singularity Symposium where everyone can join freely in questioning, analyzing, debating and shaping our technological future. Thus, this blog’s value may be not so much in the answers it provides, but in the questions it raises — the kind that everybody could or should be asking. In addition, this blog will also: Publish other relevant blog articles by Socrates Bring your attention to relevant news stories and scientific developments Let you know when people like yourself share great content Welcome friend! “Will we survive our [...]

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