The Singularity - A Special Report


	The Singularity - A Special Report

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6-10-2008 6:04 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/227f9147-e7e8-49be-ab81-2a84e713a27c/9CFF6D09-EFCD-48D9-A8C3-BBCDE8E6B395/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity" href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity" style="font-size: 11px;">www.spectrum.ieee.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><FONT size="3" color="red">From the Magazine:</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><STRONG>Signs of the Singularity</STRONG></A> 
<STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6306"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="ssigns_landing.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/ssigns_landing.gif" /></A></STRONG>The  writer who first postulated the singularity  answers skeptics and tells us what to look for as the world slips closer to the edge. 
<EM>By Vernor Vinge</EM>        </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><P><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6272"><STRONG>The Singularity: Who’s Who</STRONG></A>
<STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6272"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="swho_landing.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/swho_landing.gif" /></A></STRONG>A guide the singularity true believers, atheists, and agnostics.
<EM>By Paul Wallich</EM></P>          </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD bgcolor="#cccccc"><P><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6280"><STRONG>The Consciousness Conundrum</STRONG></A>
<STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6280"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="sconun_landing.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/sconun_landing.gif" /></A></STRONG>How can we hope to create consciousness if we don't know anything about it?
<EM>By John Horgan</EM></P>          </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><P><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6278"><STRONG>Can Machines Be Conscious?</STRONG>
</A><STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6278"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="smach_landing.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/smach_landing.gif" /></A></STRONG>Yes, someday—and here’s one way to determine if they are.
<EM>By Christof Koch and Giulio Tononi</EM></P>          </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><FONT size="3" color="red">Web Exclusives:</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><SPAN><STRONG><FONT> INTERACTIVE </FONT></STRONG></SPAN>  <STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/bionic">Mapping the Body Electric </A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><SPAN class="style20"><FONT>VIDEO </FONT></SPAN>  
          <STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sing_vinge">How to Prepare for the Singularity</A></STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD bgcolor="#cccccc"><P><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6277"><STRONG>Tech Luminaries Address the Singularity</STRONG></A>
<STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6268"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="slumin.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/featurearticles/slumin.gif" /></A></STRONG>Candid assessments from leading voices such as Steven Pinker, Gordon Moore, Esther Dyson, and more</P>          </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6313"><STRONG>Two Paths to the Singularity</STRONG></A>
<STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6313"><IMG width="75" vspace="5" hspace="5" height="75" border="0" align="left" alt="kurz.gif" src="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/jun08/images/featurearticles/kurz.gif" /></A></STRONG>MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld and technology futurist Ray Kurzweil both believe that we are on the event horizon of a technological singularity.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity"><SPAN class="style20"><FONT>VIDEO </FONT></SPAN>  <STRONG><A href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/sing_koch">Teaching Machines to Watch Blade Runner</A></STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9CFF6D09-EFCD-48D9-A8C3-BBCDE8E6B395/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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