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Singularity hypotheses : a scientific and philosophical assessment

By Amnon H. Eden , Johnny H. Søraker , James H Moor , Eric Steinhart (eds)

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2012
ISBN
3642325599, 978-3-642-32559-5, 978-3-642-32560-1, 3642325602, 177-181-195-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-32560-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3287789 bytes)
Series
Frontiers collection
Edition
2012
Pages
429\429
Library
kolxoz
Time added
2016-05-22 07:20:00
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Description

Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment offers authoritative, jargon-free essays and critical commentaries on accelerating technological progress and the notion of technological singularity. It focuses on conjectures about the intelligence explosion, transhumanism, and whole brain emulation. Recent years have seen a plethora of forecasts about the profound, disruptive impact that is likely to result from further progress in these areas. Many commentators however doubt the scientific rigor of these forecasts, rejecting them as speculative and unfounded. We therefore invited prominent computer scientists, physicists, philosophers, biologists, economists and other thinkers to assess the singularity hypotheses. Their contributions go beyond speculation, providing deep insights into the main issues and a balanced picture of the debate.

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