We haven’t had an opportunity to screen Ray Kurzweil’s the film, Transcendent Man, yet, but The Futurist magazine published a preview:
Scene: A movie theater on the west side of Manhattan during the Tribeca Film Festival. The audience teems with hip New York film students eager to see the world premiere of a new documentary. They’re [...]
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Kurzweil’s Transcendent Man
Posted by John Moravec in Thursday, October 15th 2009
Topics: The Singularity Tags: artificial intelligence, human evolution, Innovation, Ray Kurzweil, Technological Singularity, Technology
MIT Media Lab H2.0 webcasts online
Posted by John Moravec in Tuesday, May 15th 2007
Archived webcasts from the MIT Media Lab H2.0 symposium are available online. Under a theme of “new minds, new bodies, new identities,” the one-day event explored, “how today’s—and tomorrow’s—advances will seamlessly interact with humans, giving us a glimpse into a future where all humans will integrate with technology to heighten our [...]
LA Times: Smart drugs, smart minds
Posted by John Moravec in Monday, December 20th 2004
Topics: Technology Tags: human evolution
Article link: Sharper minds
The LA Times is running an article today on new drugs that will change the way we think. By extension, the Times speculates, they may change who we are. Largely funded by the U.S. military, new drugs are being developed to dramatically increase mental acuity. Among the military’s goals: [...]
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