Dr. Kim Solez presents "The Singularity Explained and Promoted" September 6, 2016 in the Technology and Future of Medicine course LABMP 590 at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Copyright (c) 2016, JustMachines Inc.
Kim Solez Singularity explained and promoted winter 2014Kim Solez ,
Dr. Kim Solez presents "The technological Singularity explained and promoted" in the Technology and Future of Medicine course on January 16, 2014, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Copyright (c) 2014 JustMachines Inc.
Kim Solez Singularity explained and promoted winter 2014Kim Solez ,
Dr. Kim Solez presents "The technological Singularity explained and promoted" in the Technology and Future of Medicine course on January 16, 2014, at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Copyright (c) 2014 JustMachines Inc.
Transhumanism 2024: A new future for politics?David Wood
Presentation made by David Wood on 2nd October 2021 to the London Futurists event "A new future for politics?" This includes 15 possible policies for mayoral campaigns in major cities in the UK in 2024.
A video recording of this presentation, along with subsequent discussion, can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLHx5T8BFI
Transhumanism and the idea of education in the world of cyborgs. Michal Klich...eraser Juan José Calderón
Transhumanism and the idea of education in the world of cyborgs. Michal Klichowski. Adam Mickiewicz University
We are cyborgs. We are transhumans; transitory people that exist in a luminal
phase2, waiting for a transfer to the posthuman world.3 Our children do not
need education; it is cyborgization that ensures their development. This is the
idea of transhumanistic philosophy, a thoroughly (non-/anti-)pedagogic idea.
In this paper, I will present basic transhumanism ideas and stress the criticism
on education created within this philosophy. This text is neither a systematic
study on transhumanism nor a pedagogical analysis. It is merely an attempt
at showing teachers how education can be deprecated in modern philosophies
that are technologically-oriented.
My night with philosophers presentation - London June 8David Roden
Humanism, Transhumanism and Posthumanism
The Humanist and the transhumanist propose different methods for cultivating human capacities. The transhumanists claims that traditional techniques favoured by the humanist run up against the limits of our biology. She believes that prospective technologies could further the humanist cause by improving our nature. However, the transhumanist faces a difficulty. Her policies could produce posthumans. Evaluating posthuman lives might be impossible for us. But discounting them is not an option because she will share responsibility for their creation. I argue that one way through this impasse is for the transhumanist to produce posthumans or to become posthuman.
Kim Solez Singularity explained promoted winter 2015Kim Solez ,
Dr. Kim Solez presents "The Technological Singularity Explained and Promoted" on January 13th, 2015 in the course on Technology and the Future of Medicine LABMP 590 http://www.singularitycourse.com at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Copyright (c) 2015, JustMachines Inc.
Transhumanism 2024: A new future for politics?David Wood
Presentation made by David Wood on 2nd October 2021 to the London Futurists event "A new future for politics?" This includes 15 possible policies for mayoral campaigns in major cities in the UK in 2024.
A video recording of this presentation, along with subsequent discussion, can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLHx5T8BFI
Transhumanism and the idea of education in the world of cyborgs. Michal Klich...eraser Juan José Calderón
Transhumanism and the idea of education in the world of cyborgs. Michal Klichowski. Adam Mickiewicz University
We are cyborgs. We are transhumans; transitory people that exist in a luminal
phase2, waiting for a transfer to the posthuman world.3 Our children do not
need education; it is cyborgization that ensures their development. This is the
idea of transhumanistic philosophy, a thoroughly (non-/anti-)pedagogic idea.
In this paper, I will present basic transhumanism ideas and stress the criticism
on education created within this philosophy. This text is neither a systematic
study on transhumanism nor a pedagogical analysis. It is merely an attempt
at showing teachers how education can be deprecated in modern philosophies
that are technologically-oriented.
My night with philosophers presentation - London June 8David Roden
Humanism, Transhumanism and Posthumanism
The Humanist and the transhumanist propose different methods for cultivating human capacities. The transhumanists claims that traditional techniques favoured by the humanist run up against the limits of our biology. She believes that prospective technologies could further the humanist cause by improving our nature. However, the transhumanist faces a difficulty. Her policies could produce posthumans. Evaluating posthuman lives might be impossible for us. But discounting them is not an option because she will share responsibility for their creation. I argue that one way through this impasse is for the transhumanist to produce posthumans or to become posthuman.
Kim Solez Singularity explained promoted winter 2015Kim Solez ,
Dr. Kim Solez presents "The Technological Singularity Explained and Promoted" on January 13th, 2015 in the course on Technology and the Future of Medicine LABMP 590 http://www.singularitycourse.com at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Copyright (c) 2015, JustMachines Inc.
1- When reading Kurzweils view of the singularity and what it.docxmonicafrancis71118
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When reading Kurzweil's view of the singularity and what it means for humanity, I found several parallels with Aristotle's and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as well as Voltaire's. The connection I found between Dante and Kurzweil was that Dante's superhuman was actualized throughout human history rather than with one human, this is very similar to what Kurzweil is proposing, that after the singularity, humanity will be actualizing their full potential. Kurzweil points out that it is a natural progression of humanity to become this biotechnologically enhanced superman because we have been advancing our intellects throughout human history, just as Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society would handle a superhuman should they arrive brings up some issues about how humanity should handle Kurzweil's singularity, should we reach that point. If only the rich can afford the technologically enhancements, then the masses, according to Aristotle, have only two choices: to make them absolute monarchs over themselves, or to ostracize/kill them. Neither of these options would be a great idea for the wellbeing of humanity, in fact it would cause a greater and more dangerous divide between economical classes. However, if the singularity is more like Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then the technologically enhanced humans would find parallels between themselves and 'regular' humanity and would help to advance humanity.
example of reply :When reading Kurzweil's view of the singularity and what it means for humanity, I found several parallels with Aristotle's and Dante's idea of a superhuman, as well as Voltaire's. The connection I found between Dante and Kurzweil was that Dante's superhuman was actualized throughout human history rather than with one human, this is very similar to what Kurzweil is proposing, that after the singularity, humanity will be actualizing their full potential. Kurzweil points out that it is a natural progression of humanity to become this biotechnologically enhanced superman because we have been advancing our intellects throughout human history, just as Dante believed. Aristotle's beliefs about society would handle a superhuman should they arrive brings up some issues about how humanity should handle Kurzweil's singularity, should we reach that point. If only the rich can afford the technologically enhancements, then the masses, according to Aristotle, have only two choices: to make them absolute monarchs over themselves, or to ostracize/kill them. Neither of these options would be a great idea for the wellbeing of humanity, in fact it would cause a greater and more dangerous divide between economical classes. However, if the singularity is more like Voltaire's view of a superhuman, then the technologically enhanced humans would find parallels between themselves and 'regular' humanity and would help to advance humanity.
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Kurzweil embraces the term "singularity". He predicts that through an exponential increa.
http://leighblackall.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/re-humanise.html
The organisers of eLearning Korea 2017 have invited me to give a talk on the future of education and educational technology. The conference has a curious byline “a happy encounter with new technology”, and it's to this byline I target the presentation.
I aim to acknowledge the unhappiness created by technology and propose humanism to ward off technocratic tyranny and to discover what technological happiness might be.
I hope my proposition is clear - that for there to be a happy encounter with technology, we need to re-orientate ourselves to humanist perspectives. Those perspectives can be found in history, philosophy, ethics, anthropology, theory, art, storytelling, questioning, criticism and debate. Sensitivity to humanism needs to be nurtured, the ember that might make a flame seems at risk of being extinguished.
It is with humility and hope that I offer this idea to the eLearning Korea 2017 Conference.
Slide deck for annual meeting of Transplant Regenerative medicine Community of Practice of American Society of Transplantation at noon in Room 204 in John B. Hynes Convention Center. Everyone welcome! Many exciting initiatives to discuss!
Kim Solez Xenotransplantation- The Rest of the Story April 8 2022 6.pptxKim Solez ,
Nephrology Grand Rounds Presentation at the University of Alberta discussing the big picture issues surrounding xenotransplantation and its relation to stem cell generated organs and bioengineered organs in the future
Kim Solez Hooking-Up Physical Forces Optimism and Dark Energy Presentation Se...Kim Solez ,
Kim Solez Banff New Media Institute Presentation, "Smart, Sexy, Healthy" ThinkTank, Sept 6 2001
Hooking-Up, Physical Forces, Optimism and Dark Energy: Imagery, Hope, and Health.
Kim Solez 384 years of banff spirit new june 26 2019Kim Solez ,
Kim Solez 384 years of Banff spirit new June 26 2019 The most remarkable slide is number 137. "By Spring of 2019 every erroneous statement we complained about had been reversed. We celebrated by creating a new video trailer on our YouTube channel on June 25 2019." How about that!
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
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"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
2. Objectives (after song)
Understand one should not fear complexity.
Do not seek the one great truth. There are
many truths and they can be true concurrently.
Understand the three main schools of belief
about the Singularity.
Understand the four main paths to the
Singularity.
Understand the history of the Singularity and
Marcus Hutter’s main ideas about it.
Understand the challenge of promoting the
Singularity and the idea behind Future Day and
Longevity Day.
3. Do Not Fear
Complexity!
There is beauty in complexity. The real world
is complex. Perfect “quadruple-think with
equipoise”. Seemingly contradictory ideas can
all be true, can find a balance between them.
The future of transplantation is promotion of
deceased donor donation until there are no
waiting lists, tolerance, tissue engineering
repair, and stem cell creation of new organs.
Peter Diamandis: “When faced with a choice
between two desirable goals, choose both!”
4. The Technological Singularity
The technological singularity occurs as artificial
intelligences surpass human beings as the smartest
and most capable life forms on the Earth.
Technological development is taken over by the
machines, who can think, act and communicate so
quickly that normal humans cannot even comprehend
what is going on. The machines enter into a "runaway
reaction" of self-improvement cycles, with each new
generation of A.I.s appearing faster and faster. From
this point onwards, technological advancement is
explosive, under the control of the machines, and
thus cannot be accurately predicted (hence the term
"Singularity"). – Ray Kurzweil
7. Singularity
Course
Regulatory oversight that is completely focused
on compliance. Discourages risk-taking and
innovation.
Health care doesn't have the same financial
reward system. Facebook isn't about to pay $1
billion for the latest hot-ticket item in imaging
and informatics.
Security always trumps information sharing, and
so better, faster linkages are constrained
because of security concerns, most of which are
bogus.
Moore’s Law Muted in Medicine!
8. In Lewis Carrol’s Alice in
Wonderland a world is
confronted that is much
more organic than
expected.
“The main difficulty Alice had was
in managing her flamingo”
(Describing the croquet game)
.”
9. In the Technological Singularity
we face a world that is much less
organic than expected and could
develop without us!
10. There are three main
schools of belief about the
Singularity.
Accelerating Change
Event Horizon
Intelligence Explosion
11. There are Four main
paths to the Singularity.
1. Create an artificial intelligence that exceeds human
intelligence.
2. Build human-computer interfaces that allow humans to
go beyond their innate intelligence to a significant
extent. (‘cybernetic singularity’)
12. There are Four main paths
to the Singularity.
3. Find ways in biology to improve upon the natural human
intellect.
4. Build large computer networks in which‘beyond human
intelligence’ emerges.
13. All these different variations on the
belief in the Singularity are reflected in
the courses at Singularity University
The experience of attending Singularity
University is one that grows and grows
after completion of the course. The
associated memories become more vivid
rather than less vivid with time, they are
on an exponential curve of their own!
15. Singularity
Course
I have been arguing for new cross
disciplinary structures in Universities to
better prepare us for the future.
It became apparent that the best way to make this
happen was for me to create a novel course of
new design. Thus, this course.
Presently, we know of no similar courses being
presented elsewhere, except perhaps Bertalan
Mesko’s Social Media in Medicine course in
Budapest, Hungary.
Eventually it is our hope that hundreds of similar
courses will begin appearing at Universities all
over the world.
16. In a Post-Scarcity World of Abundance
Medicine Will Be About Enhancement of
Well People, Not About Disease
17. Ray Kurzweil’s views and
intellectual exploration are
as broad as that of the
University he founded.
So when you hear someone arguing with Ray
Kurzweil as if he held narrow rigid views, that
is a false, “straw man” argument.
18. Singularity
Course
Ancient: In 1847, R. Thornton, the editor of The
Expounder of Primitive Christianity, wrote about
the recent invention of a four function mechanical
calculator:
“...such machines, by which the scholar may, by
turning a crank, grind out the solution of a problem
without the fatigue of mental application, would by
its introduction into schools, do incalculable injury.
But who knows that such machines when brought
to greater perfection, may not think of a plan to
remedy all their own defects and then grind out
ideas beyond the ken of mortal mind!”
History
19. Singularity
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Ancient: In 1863, four years after Darwin published On
the Origin of Species Samuel Butler published a letter
captioned "Darwin among the Machines”. It compares
human evolution to machine evolution, prophesizing
(half in jest) that machines would eventually replace man
in the supremacy of the earth:
In the course of ages we shall find ourselves the inferior
race.
The letter raises many of the themes now being debated
by proponents of the Technological Singularity.
History
20. Singularity
Course
In Erewhon (1872) Butler argued that:
“There is no security against the ultimate development of
mechanical consciousness, in the fact of machines
possessing little consciousness now. A mollusc has not
much consciousness. Reflect upon the extraordinary
advance which machines have made during the last few
hundred years, and note how slowly the animal and
vegetable kingdoms are advancing. The more highly
organized machines are creatures not so much of
yesterday, as of the last five minutes, so to speak, in
comparison with past time.”
History
22. Singularity
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In science fiction / mathematicians
Stanislaw Ulam (1958)
I.J. Good (1965)
Ray Solomonoff (1985)
Vernor Vinge (1993)
Wide-spread popularization
Kurzweil Books (1999,2005,2012)Internet.
Events (Singularity Summit 2006+)
Organizations (Singularity Institute 2000+
& University)
Philosophers (David Chalmers 2010)
(Marcus Hutter, 2012)
History
(Next 28 Slides Modified from Marcus Hutter
http://www.hutter1.net/publ/sasingularity.pptx)
23. Moore’s Law
(adapted from Moravec 1988 & Kurzweil 2005)
?
CalculationsperSecondper$1000
Year
1900 ‘20 ‘40 ‘60 ‘80 ‘20 ‘40 ‘60 ‘802000 2100
10-10
10-5
1
105
1010
1015
1020
1025
1030
Electro-
mechanical
Relay
Tube
Tran-
sistor
Integrated
Circuits
Manual
calculation
Bacterium
Worm
Spider
Lizard
Mouse
Monkey
Human brain
Parallel
Processors
Quantum
Comp.?
All
Human
brains
24. Singularity
Course
Moore's law: comp doubles every 1.5yrs. Now valid for
50yrs
As long as there is demand for more comp,
Moore's law could continue to hold
for many more decades before computronium is
reached.
in 20-30 years the raw computing power of a single
computer will reach 1015...1016 flop/s.
Computational capacity of a human brain: 1015...1016
flop/s
Some Conjecture: software will not lag far behind
(AGI or reverse engineer or simulate human brain)
Super-Intelligence by Moore's Law
Human-level AI in 20-30 years?
25. Acceleration of Doubling
Patterns
SizeofEconomy
time in years
Computer-dominated
Doublingevery1.5years
Superhumanintelligence
Dbl.Monthly(Hanson2008)
-106 -1/10-10-101-102-104
Hunter-gather-stone-ageera.
Doublingevery250’000yrs
Agriculturaleconomy,farming.
Doublingevery900years
Industrialrevolution
Doublingevery15years
2.5 mio BC 10’000 BC 1800AD 2025? 2040??
-103-105-10-7
2042???
27. Singularity
Course
Appearance of AI+ = ignition of the detonation cord towards the
Singularity = point of no return
Maybe Singularity already now unavoidable?
Politically it is very difficult (but not impossible) to resist technology
or market forces
it would be similarly difficult to prevent AGI research and even more
so to prevent the development of faster computers.
Whether we are before, at, or beyond the point of no return is also
philosophically intricate as it depends on how much free will one
attributes to people and society.
Analogy 1: politics & inevitability of global warming
Analogy 2: a spaceship close to the event
horizon might in principle escape a black hole
but is doomed in practice due to limited propulsion.
Is the Singularity Negotiable?
(Hutter)
28. Singularity
Course
Some Information Analogies
Inside process resembles a radiating
black hole observed from the outside.
Maximally compressed information
is indistinguishable from random noise.
Too much information collapses:
A library that contains all possible books has zero information
content.
Library of Babel: all information = no information
Maybe a society of increasing intelligence will become
increasingly indistinguishable from noise when viewed from
the outside.
…… …
29. Singularity
Course
Each way, outsiders cannot witness a true
intelligence singularity.
Expansion (inward outward) usually follows
the way of least resistance.
Outward explosion will stop when all accessible
convertible matter has been used up.
Historically, mankind was always outward
exploring
◦ just in recent times it has become more inward exploring
(miniaturization & virtual reality).
Comparison
30. Singularity
Course
Assume recording technology does not break
down:
then a singularity seems more interesting for
outsiders than for insiders.
On the other hand, insiders actively “live” potential
societal changes,
while outsiders only passively observe them.
Conclusion: Strict intelligence
singularity neither experienced by
insiders nor by outsiders
31. Singularity
Course
There have been numerous attempts to define
intelligence.
Legg & Hutter (2007) provide a collection of 70+
definitions
◦ by individual researchers as well as collective attempts
If/since intelligence is not (just) speed, what is it
then?
What will super-intelligences actually do?
What is Intelligence?
32. Singularity
Course
Evolution: Mutation, recombination, and selection
increases intelligence if useful for survival and procreation.
Animals: higher intelligence, via some correlated practical cognitive
capacity, increases the chance of survival and number of offspring.
Humans: intelligence is now positively correlated with power and/or
economic success (Geary 2007) and actually negatively with
number of children (Kanazawa 2007).
Memetics: Genetic evolution has been largely replaced by memetic
evolution (Dawkins 1976), the replication, variation, selection, and
spreading of ideas causing cultural evolution.
Evolving Intelligence
33. Singularity
Course
Self-preservation?
Self-replication?
Spreading? Colonizing the universe?
Creating faster/better/higher intelligences?
Learning as much as possible?
Understanding the universe?
Maximizing power over men and/or organizations?
Transformation of matter (into computronium?)?
Maximum self-sufficiency?
The search for the meaning of life?
What Activities are Intelligent?
Which Activities does Evolution
Select for?
34. Singularity
Course
More flexible notion: expected utility maximization
and cumulative life-time reward maximization
But who provides the rewards, and how?
◦ Animals: one can explain a lot of behavior as attempts
to maximize rewards=pleasure and minimize pain.
◦ Humans: seem to exhibit astonishing flexibility in choosing
their goals and passions, especially during childhood.
◦ Robots: reward by teacher or hard-wired.
Goal-oriented behavior often appears to be
at odds with long-term pleasure maximization.
Still, the evolved biological goals and
desires to survive, procreate, parent,
spread, dominate, etc. are seldom disowned.
Intelligence ≈ Rationality ≈
Reasoning Towards a Goal
35. Singularity
Course
Who sets the goal for super-intelligences and
how?
Anyway ultimately we will lose control,
and the AGIs themselves will build further AGIs (if
they were motivated to do so),
and this will gain its own dynamic.
Some aspects of this might be independent of the
initial goal structure and predictable.
Evolving Goals: Initialization
36. Singularity
Course
Assume the initial vorld is a society of cooperating
and competing agents.
There will be competition over limited
(computational) resources.
Those virtuals who have the goal to acquire them
will naturally be more successful in this endeavor
compared to those with different goals.
The successful virtuals will spread (in various
ways), the others perish.
Evolving Goals: Process
37. Singularity
Course
Soon their society will consist mainly of virtuals
whose goal is to compete over resources.
Hostility will only be limited if this is in the virtuals'
best interest.
For instance, current society has replaced war
mostly by economic competition,
since modern weaponry makes most wars a loss
for both sides, while economic competition in most
cases benefits at least the better.
Evolving Goals: End Result
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Whatever amount of resources are available,
they will (quickly) be used up, and become scarce.
So in any world inhabited by multiple individuals,
evolutionary and/or economic-like forces will “breed”
virtuals with the goal to acquire as much (comp)
resources as possible.
Virtuals will “like” to fight over resources, and
the winners will “enjoy” it, while the losers will “hate” it.
In such evolutionary vorlds, the ability to survive and
replicate is a key trait of intelligence.
But this is not a sufficient characterization of intelligence:
E.g. bacteria are quite successful in this endeavor too,
but not very intelligent.
The Goal to Survive & Spread
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Global collaboration, no hostile competition
likely requires
a powerful single (virtual) world government,
and to give up individual privacy,
and to severely limit individual freedom
(cf. ant hills or bee hives),
or requires
societal setup that can only produce conforming
individuals
might only be possible by severely limiting
individual's creativity (cf. flock of sheep or school
of fish).
Alternative Societies
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Such well-regulated societies might better be
viewed as a single organism or collective mind.
Or maybe the vorld is inhabited from the outset by
a single individual.
Both vorlds could look quite different and more
peaceful (or dystopian) than the traditional ones
created by evolution.
Intelligence would have to be defined quite
differently in such vorlds.
Monistic Vorlds
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Another important aspect of intelligence:
how flexible or adaptive an individual is.
Deep blue might be the best chess player on
Earth, but is unable to do anything else.
On the contrary, higher animals and humans have
remarkably broad capacities and can perform well
in a wide range of environments.
Adaptiveness of Intelligence
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Informal definition:
Implicitly captures most, if not all traits of rational intelligence:
such as reasoning, creativity, generalization, pattern
recognition, problem solving, memorization, planning,
learning, self-preservation, and many others.
Has been rigorously formalized in mathematical terms.
Properties: Is non-anthropocentric, wide-ranging, general,
unbiased, fundamental, objective, complete, and universal.
Is the most comprehensive formal definition of intelligence so
far.
Formal Intelligence Measure
Intelligence is the ability to achieve goals in a wide range of
environments [LH07]
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copying virtual structures should be
as cheap and effortless as it is for
software and data today.
The only cost is developing the
structures in the first place, and the
memory to store and the comp to run them.
Copying & Modifying Virtual
Structures
{hard}
{easy}
Cheap manipulation and experimentation and
copying of virtual life itself possible.
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Virtual explosion with life becoming much more
diverse.
In addition, virtual lives could be simulated in
different speeds, with speeders experiencing
slower societal progress than laggards.
Designed intelligences will fill economic niches.
Our current society already relies on specialists
with many years of training.
So it is natural to go the next step to ease this
process by designing our descendants (cf.
designer babies).
Copying & Modifying Virtual Life
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Another consequence should be that life becomes
less valuable.
Our society values life, since life is a valuable
commodity and expensive/laborious to
replace/produce/raise.
We value our own life, since evolution
selects only organisms that value their life.
Our human moral code mainly mimics this
(with cultural differences and some excesses)
If life becomes `cheap', motivation to value it will
decline.
The Value of Life
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Cheap machines decreased value of physical labor.
Some Expert knowledge was replaced by hand-written
documents, then printed books, and finally electronic
files.
Each transition reduced the value of the same
information.
Digital computers made human computers obsolete.
In Games, we value our own virtual life
and that of our opponents less than real life,
because games can be reset and one can be
resurrected.
Abundance lowers Value
- Analogies -
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Governments will stop paying my salary when
they can get the same research output from a
digital version of me, essentially for free.
And why not participate in a dangerous fun
activity if in the worst case I have to activate a
backup copy of myself from yesterday which just
missed out this one (anyway not too well-going)
day.
The belief in immortality can alter behavior
drastically.
Consequences of Cheap Life
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Countless implications: ethical, political, economical, medical,
cultural, humanitarian, religious, in art, warfare, etc.
Much of our society is driven by the fact that we highly value
(human/individual) life.
If virtual life is/becomes cheap, these drives will ultimately vanish
and be replaced by other goals.
If AIs can be easily created, the value of an intelligent individual will
be much lower than the value of a human life today.
So it may be ethically acceptable to freeze, duplicate, slow-down,
modify (brain experiments), or even kill (oneself or other) AIs at will,
if they are abundant and/or backups are available, just what we are
used to doing with software.
So laws preventing experimentation with intelligences for moral
reasons may not emerge.
The Value of Virtual Life
With so little value assigned to an individual life, maybe it becomes
a disposable.
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Are there any universal values or qualities
we want to see or that should survive?
What do we mean by we? All humans? Or the
dominant species or government at the time the
question is asked?
Could it be diversity?
Or friendly AI (Yudkowsky 200X)?
Could the long-term survival of at least one
conscious species that appreciates its surrounding
universe be a universal value?
Are there Universal Values
50. Trying to Raise Spirits and
Stimulate Interest in the
Singularity Through New
Holidays - Future Day &
Longevity Day
52. First Future Day
March 1, 2012. Sixteen
celebrations Around The
World
Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Berkeley, Edmonton,
Houston, Hawaii, Sao Paulo, Thanksgiving Point, Utah,
Brussels, Paris, LA, Palo Alto, Washington, Carlton,
Australia, Wroclaw, Poland
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Run like Autodesk Design Night.
Best. Salon. Ever. March 1, 2017.
Hosted by media professional
Dr. Julielynn Wong of Singularity U.
Analogous to Paris Salon of a
century ago which moved Western
thought and culture forward, music,
art, good conversation, something unique,
innovative, and memorable!
Julielynn Wong - Edmonton Salon Event
at Art Gallery of Alberta
Future Day March 1, 2017?
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Mature youthful decision making!
You can do it!
You can help us figure out what our plans
should be for Future Day in 2017!
55. The Big Bang Theory is Watched
Regularly by 20 Million People in
the US. Singularity Episode on
October 1, 2010
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Round
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that’s turning
Running rings around the moon
The Windmills of Your Mind
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Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of it's face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind !
The Windmills of Your Mind
(Continued)
71. We Need To Consider the Possibility of a
Post-Scarcity World, and What Medicine
Would Be Like In Such A Singularity
Utopia
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How can we capture the imagination of the
public to start everyone thinking about these
matters?
We need the mainstream public to regard the
future technological Singularity as fact, not
fiction
We need to promote organized thinking about
the future in Universities and beyond
Please talk up our “Light the Bridge” success!
Your Suggestions Greatly
Welcomed!
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Marcus Hutter, Can Intelligence Explode?
http://www.hutter1.net/publ/sasingularity.pptx
Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol 19, Issue
1-2 (2012) pages 143-166.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/20
12/00000019/F0020001/art00010
D. J. Chalmers. The Singularity: A philosophical
analysis. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 17:7–
65, 2010.
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