Tuesday, November 6, 2007

In class presentation for today (Tuesday the 6th of November)

Hello All-

This is a huge article. Fell free to skim. The first section that attempts to define the Singularity is more than enough to digest for the purposes of this discussion:

The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era, 1993
http://mindstalk.net/vinge/vinge-sing.html by Vernor Vinge

The following is an excerpt from an interview of Ray Kurzweil with What is Enlightenment? magazine:

The technology of universal intelligence
http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0598.html by Ray Kurzweil

Another interview, this one with Manuel DeLanda:

Manuel DeLanda: ILLogical Progression
http://frontwheeldrive.com/manuel-de-landa-illogical-progression

What these readings point out is the vast difference in thought between the biological and the technological. However, both of the authors ideas and outcomes can be re-arranged to bring light to our evolutionary processes in our current state of being.

Best, julie

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