It’s time we conserve the building blocks of life. http://ensia.com/voices/endangered-elements/

The human brain’s remarkably low power consumption, and how computers might mimic its efficiency http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185984-the-human-brains-remarkably-low-power-consumption-and-how-computers-might-mimic-its-efficiency

NASA’s new astronaut-replacing robots, powered by Google Tango smartphones, launch into space this week http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185991-nasas-new-astronaut-replacing-robots-powered-by-google-tango-smartphones-launch-into-space-this-week

Foxconn is attempting to replace its human workers with thousands of robots http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/185960-foxconn-is-attempting-to-replace-its-human-workers-with-thousands-of-robots

Nanoparticles breach blood-brain barrier as possible Alzheimer’s treatment http://www.fiercedrugdelivery.com/story/nanoparticles-breach-blood-brain-barrier-possible-alzheimers-treatment/2014-03-10?utm_campaign=AddThis&utm_medium=AddThis&utm_source=twitter#.U7xxTRljou8.twitter

MIT, MicroCHIPS develop remote-controlled contraceptive with on-off delivery http://www.fiercedrugdelivery.com/story/mit-microchips-develop-remote-controlled-contraceptive-delivery/2014-07-08

Unraveling atomic-scale edge structure of nanoscale graphene islands http://m.phys.org/news/2014-07-unraveling-atomic-scale-edge-nanoscale-graphene.html

The Astronomer Who Wanted to Rearrange the Solar System, Using Nukes http://io9.com/how-to-colonize-the-solar-system-using-nukes-1575887177

REUTERS: Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin gets 10 years in corruption case http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-usa-neworleans-mayor-sentence-idUSKBN0FE1RD20140709

REUTERS: Apple loses China patent case, separate suit against Apple continues http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-apple-china-idUSKBN0FE0DR20140709

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

3 Things You Should Know About The Network Economy http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/07/07/3-things-you-should-know-the-network-economy/

Google’s new wearable project is a smart contact lens with medical uses http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/16/google-smart-contact-lens/

Neuroscientists Object to Europe’s Human Brain Project http://www.technologyreview.com/news/528796/neuroscientists-object-to-europes-human-brain-project/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter

Super Typhoon Threatens Three Of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants http://www.ibtimes.com/super-typhoon-threatens-three-japans-nuclear-power-plants-1620626#.U7rFI5Zjm8w.facebook

Possible aircraft technologies of 2040 http://www.kurzweilai.net/possible-aircraft-technologies-of-2040

REUTERS: Wall St. slumps in broad decline, Dow under 17,000 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-markets-stocks-idUSKBN0FD14H20140708

REUTERS: Verizon: U.S. government made 150,000 customer info requests in 2014 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-verizon-transparency-data-idUSKBN0FD20120140708

REUTERS: Samsung, Intel, Dell team up on standards for connected gadgets http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-tech-connectivity-idUSKBN0FD09920140708

Securing the Smart Energy Grid Is a National Concern http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/Securing-the-Smart-Energy-Grid.html

Microwaves of the future count calories so you don’t have to http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/08/ge-calorie-counting-microwaves/

Taking Past Lessons Learned, Amtrak Designs The Next Acela http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonrabinowitz/2014/07/08/taking-past-lessons-learned-amtrak-designs-the-next-acela/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

REUTERS: Lacker says inflation moving toward Fed’s target http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-usa-fed-idUSKBN0FD21620140708?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

This Artificial Intelligence Company Could ‘Eradicate The Spreadsheet’ And Do The Work Of A $250,000 Consultant http://www.businessinsider.com/narrative-science-2014-7#ixzz36uZsJLly

The Polar Vortex and Global Warming – Does One Disprove the Other? http://www.21stcentech.com/polar-vortex-global-warming-disprove-other/

DARPA Condensed an Entire Communications System Into This Dime-Sized Chip http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/07/07/darpa-tiny-communications-chip/

An Urban Reality: Smart Cities http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/an-urban-reality-smart-cities?utm_content=buffer82352&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

GE’s $1 Billion Software Bet http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527381/ges-1-billion-software-bet/

Google’s founders on the future of health, transport – and robots http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/07/google-founders-larry-page-sergey-brin-interview

A newly launched satellite will reveal even more about the planet’s workings than originally planned http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21606255-newly-launched-satellite-will-reveal-even-more-about-planets-workings

13 Predictions About The Future That Were Spectacularly Wrong — See more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/wrong-predictions-about-the-future_n_4297269.html#sthash.2r0LYLls.dpuf

SPIEGEL Interview with Hillary Clinton: ‘Surveillance on Merkel’s Phone Was Absolutely Wrong’ http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hillary-clinton-interview-on-german-us-ties-and-presidential-plans-a-979812.html

Steve Wozniak: No one wanted to work under Steve Jobs ever again http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/08/steve-wozniakr-steve-jobs-apple

The Ethics of Autonomous Cars http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/

THE ATLANTIC: Edward Snowden or the NSA: Who Violated Your Privacy More? http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/07/edward-snowden-or-the-nsa-who-violated-your-privacy-more/374066/

THE ATLANTIC: We’re Already Designing Babies http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/07/were-already-designing-babies/373896/

THE ATLANTIC: Data Science: What the Facebook Controversy is Really About http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/data-science-what-the-facebook-controversy-is-really-about/373770/

CNN: Kill switch: breeding kamikaze mosquitoes http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/08/tech/innovation/breeding-kamikaze-mosquitoes/index.html?hpt=te_t1

CNN: Uber cheaper than New York City taxi — for now http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/uber-taxi-discount/index.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Concern Over ‘Severe’ Pullback Sends U.S. Stocks Lower http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-stocks-drop-second-day-161727017.html

YAHOO FINANCE: After Detroit, another city ponders bankruptcy http://finance.yahoo.com/news/detroit-another-city-ponders-bankruptcy-175150788.html

YAHOO FINANCE: United Airlines to outsource more than 630 jobs at U.S. airports http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united-airlines-outsource-more-630-jobs-u-airports-232215683–finance.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Who’s Next? Pot changes won’t stop with Washington http://finance.yahoo.com/news/whos-next-pot-changes-wont-stop-washington-061701976–finance.html

YAHOO FINANCE: Belgium seeks meeting with France’s BNP to discuss $9 billion U.S. fine http://finance.yahoo.com/news/belgium-seeks-meeting-frances-bnp-discuss-9-billion-152433371–sector.html

BUSINESSINSIDER: Here’s Why Militaries Around The World Prefer To Buy Russian Weapons http://www.businessinsider.com/russians-billions-old-weapons-2014-7

Sand-based lithium ion batteries that outperform standard by three times http://phys.org/news/2014-07-sand-based-lithium-ion-batteries-outperform.html

Astronomers bring the third dimension to a doomed star’s outburst http://phys.org/news/2014-07-astronomers-dimension-doomed-star-outburst.html

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

THE GUARDIAN: Links with China: why Australian universities are leading the way http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/jul/07/australian-uk-universities-links-china?CMP=twt_gu

BUSINESS INSIDER: Future Food: How Scientists And Startups Are Changing The Way We Eat http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-and-startups-changing-how-we-eat-2014-7

Was During The Credit Bubble http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-stock-market-indicator-2014-7#ixzz36ohOW7kK

NBC NEWS: Nine jobs that humans may lose to robots http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42183592/ns/business-careers/t/nine-jobs-humans-may-lose-robots/#.U7sQt7EbErg

3D-bioprinted blood vessels are a major step towards man-made tissues and organs www.extremetech.com/extreme/185681-3d-bioprinted-blood-vessels-are-a-major-step-towards-man-made-tissues-and-organs

FDA approves first ever personal exoskeleton http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185758-fda-approves-first-ever-personal-exoskeleton

Toyota develops high-efficiency ‘free piston’ no-crankshaft combustion engine… to power an EV http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/185789-toyota-develops-high-efficiency-free-piston-no-crankshaft-combustion-engine-to-power-an-ev

Brain study switches a woman’s consciousness on and off with an electrical zap http://www.examiner.com/article/brain-study-switches-a-woman-s-consciousness-on-and-off-with-an-electrical-zap

Will Foxconn’s Robot Factory Build the iPhone 6? http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/foxconns-robot-factory-iphone-6/

This Is How a ‘Go-Around’ Avoids Disaster at an Airport http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/barcelona-planes-go-around/

MASHABLE: Australia Is the Party Drug Capital of the World http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/australia-party-drug/

MASHABLE: NASA’s Human-like Space Robot Pays Dividends on Earth http://mashable.com/2014/07/01/nasa-robot-astronaut/

Knowledge Doubling Every 12 Months, Soon to be Every 12 Hours http://www.industrytap.com/knowledge-doubling-every-12-months-soon-to-be-every-12-hours/3950

FASTCOMPANY: UN Drug Report: Marijuana Legalization Will Increase Number Of Cannabis Users http://www.fastcompany.com/3032774/fast-feed/un-drug-report-marijuana-legalization-will-increase-number-of-cannabis-users

A Step Towards a Possible Alzheimer’s Vaccine, Researchers Eliminate up to 80% of Senile Plaques in Mice http://scitechdaily.com/a-step-towards-a-possible-alzheimers-vaccine-researchers-eliminate-up-to-80-of-senile-plaques-in-mice/

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Insurgents in Iraq Seizing Advanced Weaponry http://online.wsj.com/articles/insurgents-in-iraq-seizing-advanced-weaponry-1404684313?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj

How to Delete Yourself from the Internet http://time.com/2963100/how-to-delete-yourself-from-the-internet/

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

THE GUARDIAN: 3D printer drones will take to skies by 2040, claim BAE scientists http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/06/3d-printer-drones-2040-bae-futurist-aircraft?CMP=twt_gu

Researchers regrow human corneas in mice http://www.kurzweilai.net/researchers-regrow-human-corneas-in-mice

A transistor material intended to replace silicon by 2024 http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-transistor-material-intended-to-replace-silicon-by-2024

Collaborative learning for robots http://www.kurzweilai.net/collaborative-learning-for-robots

REUTERS: Merkel says U.S spying allegations are serious http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSKBN0FC06P20140707

INC: The Top 10 Discoveries That Will Rock Your World in 2025 http://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/what-science-and-entrepreneurs-will-bring-us-by-2025.html?utm_content=buffera0f24&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

WIRED: Ultra Low-Power Microserver to Tackle Big Bang Program’s Energy Needs http://innovationinsights.wired.com/insights/2014/06/ultra-low-power-microserver-tackle-big-bang-programs-energy-needs

WIRED: The Jet With a 17-Ton Telescope That NASA Uses as a Flying Observatory http://www.wired.com/2014/07/nasa-sofia-flying-observatory/

WIRED: How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will http://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/

The Growing Dangers of Technological Unemployment and the Re-Skilling of America
http://www.wfs.org/blogs/thomas-frey/growing-dangers-technological-unemployment-and-re-skilling-america

What is the Greatest Threat to Humanity in the Next Few Decades? http://www.21stcentech.com/greatest-threat-humanity-decades/

Sears Became a Real-Time Digital Enterprise Due to Big Data http://www.bigdata-startups.com/BigData-startup/sears-real-time-digital-enterprise-big-data/

Engineered red blood cells could carry precious therapeutic cargo http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140630164010.htm

Supermassive black hole blows molecular gas out of a galaxy at one million kilometers per hour http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140707121413.htm

Aging: Too Much Telomerase Can Be as Bad as Too Little http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/07/05/aging-too-much-telomerase-can-be-as-bad-as-too-little/

BUSINESSWEEK: China’s Xi Ratchets Up Pressure on Japan http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-07/chinas-xi-ratchets-up-pressure-on-japan#r=hpt-ls

BUSINESSWEEK: Who Turned Out the Lights? The Coming Mega Sun Storm http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-03/u-dot-s-dot-plans-for-power-grid-crippling-sun-storms#r=hpt-ls

CNN: You can now watch pirated movies on Google Chromecast http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/google-chromecast-piracy/index.html

CNN: Google Glass wearers can steal your password http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/07/technology/security/google-glass-password-hack/index.html

CNN: ‘Smart’ luggage will text you when it gets lost http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/03/technology/innovation/smart-luggage/index.html

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

“The Artificial Intelligence Revolution. http://www.businessinsider.com/louis-del-monte-interview-on-the-singularity-2014-7#ixzz36cuf3TIC

By 2045 ‘The Top Species Will No Longer Be Humans,’ And That Could Be A Problem http://www.businessinsider.com/louis-del-monte-interview-on-the-singularity-2014-7#ixzz36cwH40nU

“IN THE FUTURE WHEN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE WILL OUTMATCH NOT ONLY YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE!” http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140705210305-34427457-in-the-future-when-machine-intelligence-will-outmatch-not-only-your-own-intelligence

The Next 20 Years Are Going To Make The Last 20 Look Like We Accomplished Nothing In Tech https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140705233135-34427457-the-next-20-years-are-going-to-make-the-last-20-look-like-we-accomplished-nothing-in-tech

Chronos, Eurekas, Kairos, Blitzkriegs, and Techno-Sputniks! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140706000725-34427457-chronos-eurekas-kairos-blitzkrieg-and-techno-sputniks

What Jobs Will Robots Have in the Future? http://online.wsj.com/articles/robots-how-will-they-be-employed-in-the-future-1404390617

Military robots and the future of war http://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war

What Jobs Will Robots Have in the Future? http://online.wsj.com/articles/robots-how-will-they-be-employed-in-the-future-1404390617

The robots of the future won’t look anything like the Terminator http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/16/5617290/soft-robotics-is-booming

How robots are changing search and rescue http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140612-robots-to-the-rescue

How online ‘chatbots’ are already tricking you http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140609-how-online-bots-are-tricking-you

SOFTWARE WAS REPLACING ADMINISTRATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS, BOOKKEEPERS AND SECRETARIES, AND AT ALARMING RATES.

IN 2012, SILICON VALLEY INVESTOR VINOD KHOSLA PREDICTED THAT ALGORITHMS AND MACHINES WOULD REPLACE 80% OF DOCTORS WITHIN A GENERATION.

Technology is set to challenge traditionally safe professions.

“Software substitution, whether it’s for drivers or waiters or nurses… it’s progressing,” Gates said. “Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set… 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model.”

Kelly believes the next 20 years in technology will be radical. So much so that he believes our technological advances will make the previous 20 years “pale” in comparison.

While science is certainly increasing knowledge, it’s actually increasing our ignorance even faster.

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

China to Build Kilometer High Sustainable Tower http://www.21stcentech.com/china-build-kilometer-high-sustainable-tower/

Goldman says client data leaked, wants Google to delete email http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/02/us-google-goldman-leak-idUSKBN0F729I20140702

UK PM’s ex-media chief Coulson jailed for Murdoch tabloid hacking http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-britain-cybercrime-idUSKBN0F90RN20140704

REUTERS: Germany arrests suspected double agent spying for U.S.: lawmakers http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSKBN0F914M20140704

The coming digital anarchy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10881213/The-coming-digital-anarchy.html

IBM Expects Nanotube Chip by 2020 http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7942/IBM-Expects-Nanotube-Chip-by-2020.aspx

New Bridge Design Improves Earthquake Resistance http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7922/New-Bridge-Design-Improves-Earthquake-Resistance.aspx

Multicellular Computing Using Conjugation for Wiring http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0065986;jsessionid=8836B9D73DEC896905C9BF0101A23EB2

Climate Exposure of US National Parks in a New Era of Change http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0101302

Coastal winds intensifying with climate change, study says http://phys.org/news/2014-07-coastal-climate.html

Remote quantum applications, teleportation enabled by calling long distance between superconducting qubits http://phys.org/news/2014-07-remote-quantum-applications-teleportation-enabled.html#jCp

Germany summoned the U.S. ambassador in Berlin on Friday following the arrest of a man reported to have spied for the United States, heightening friction between the two countries over alleged U.S. eavesdropping in Germany. http://phys.org/news/2014-07-germany-summons-envoy-spy-case.html#jCp

Ribosome research in atomic detail offers potential insights into cancer, anemia, Alzheimer’s http://phys.org/news/2014-07-ribosome-atomic-potential-insights-cancer.html

Ray Kurzweil: We want [computers] to read everything on the web and every page of every book, then be able to engage an intelligent dialogue with the user to be able to answer their questions.

The future will be far more surprising than most observers realize: few have truly internalized the implications of the fact that the rate of change itself is accelerating.

Japan scientists find ageing cure — for flowers http://phys.org/news/2014-07-japan-scientists-ageing-.html

Nobel laureate: We’ve just scraped the surface on the potential of stem-cell therapy http://phys.org/news/2014-07-nobel-laureate-weve-surface-potential.html

“Strong Artificial Intelligence Superseding the Human Brain?” http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140704214832-34427457-strong-artificial-intelligence-superseding-the-human-brain

Strong Artificial Intelligence Superseding the Human Brain? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2014/07/strong-artificial-intelligence-superseding-the-human-brain

New study reveals complex speech networks in the brain http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_26-6-2014-16-16-30

Researchers asked 1,400 experts to describe the biggest threats to the Web. Here’s what they said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/03/researchers-asked-1400-experts-to-describe-the-biggest-threats-to-the-web-heres-what-they-said/

North Korea is on everyone’s radar screen. Why? Because while there is hardly an economy to speak of, there is the business of missile and weapons development that Kim has carved out to remarkable success.

As we all know, great jobs are getting harder to come by, and reaching the top is as competitive as ever. Merit may be necessary, but, as many of us canattest, it’s unlikely to be sufficient. There are, after all, many more well-qualified people than there are high-level jobs to fill, especially more qualified BOTS.

SILENTLY, GLOBALLY AND INCESSANTLY, I.Q.-CENTRIC CHINA IS BUYING HUGE ASSETS, RAW MATERIALS AND HARD-CORE TECHNOLOGIES, BOTH IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND DEVELOPED WORLD.

Computers don’t get tired; they don’t get bored; they don’t need coffee breaks or much sleep; and they have fabulous memories. They are content to crunch as much information as we shovel into them.

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

Strong Artificial Intelligence Superseding the Human Brain?

CITATION: Andres Agostini’s Own White Swan Book:

White Swan Book Excerpt Starts Now:

“… ’ … THE FUTURE WILL BE FAR MORE SURPRISING THAN MOST OBSERVERS REALIZE: FEW HAVE TRULY INTERNALIZED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FACT THAT THE RATE OF CHANGE ITSELF IS ACCELERATING…’, as per By Ray Kurzweil, ’ … THE LAW OF ACCELERATING RETURNS ….’ [.…] It’s only one man talking, making projections about the future of technology and not coincidentally the future of the human race. Yet many of Ray Kurzweil’s predictions have hit the mark. In 2009, he analyzed 108 of them and found 89 entirely correct and another 13 ‘essentially’ correct. ‘Another 3 are partially correct, 2 look like they are about 10 years off, and 1, which was tongue in cheek anyway, was just wrong,’ he added. If he [Ray Kurzweil] can maintain this rate of success, many of his other predictions will happen within the lifetime of most people alive today. And almost no one is prepared for them [….] Author, inventor, successful entrepreneur, futurist, and currently head of Google’s engineering department, Kurzweil is enthusiastic about the technology explosion that’s coming. Here are a few predictions he’s made over the years: In THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES (1990) he said that by the early 2000s computers would be transcribing speech into computer text, telephone calls would be routinely screened by intelligent answering machines, AND CLASSROOMS WOULD BE DOMINATED BY COMPUTERS. He also said by 2020 there would be a world government, though I suspect he’s backed off from that view [….] In THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES (1999) he predicted that by 2009 most books would be read on screens rather than paper, people would be giving commands to computers by voice, and they would use small wearable computers to monitor body functions and get directions for navigation [….] Some of the milder predictions in THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR (2005) include $1,000 computers having the memory space of one human brain (10 T.B. or 1013 bits) by 2018, the application of nano computers (called nanobots) to medical diagnosis and treatment in the 2020s, and the development of a computer sophisticated enough to pass a stringent version of the Turing test — A COMPUTER SMART ENOUGH TO FOOL A HUMAN INTERROGATOR INTO THINKING IT WAS HUMAN — no later than 2029 [.…] Soon after that, we can expect a rupture of reality called the Singularity [.…] THE TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY [….] In Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), the Technological Singularity refers to an impending event generated by entities with greater than human intelligence. From Kurzweil’s perspective, ‘…the Singularity has many faces. It represents the nearly vertical phase of exponential growth that occurs when the rate is so extreme that technology appears to be expanding at infinite speed … WE WILL BECOME VASTLY SMARTER AS WE MERGE WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY …’ [.…] And by ‘merge’ he means (from The Singularity is Near): Biology has inherent limitations. For example, every living organism must be built from proteins that are folded from one-dimensional strings of amino acids. Protein-based mechanisms are lacking in strength and speed. We will be able to reengineer all of the organs and systems in our biological bodies and brains to be vastly more capable [.…] The Singularity, in other words, involves Intelligence Amplification (IA) in humans. WE WILL, ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, BECOME INFUSED WITH NANOBOTS: ‘…ROBOTS DESIGNED AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, MEASURED IN MICRONS…’ NANOBOTS WILL HAVE MULTIPLE ROLES WITHIN THE BODY, INCLUDING HEALTH MAINTENANCE AND THEIR ABILITY TO VASTLY EXTEND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE […] ONCE NONBIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE GETS A FOOTHOLD IN THE HUMAN BRAIN (THIS HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH COMPUTERIZED NEURAL IMPLANTS), THE MACHINE INTELLIGENCE IN OUR BRAINS WILL GROW EXPONENTIALLY (AS IT HAS BEEN DOING ALL ALONG), AT LEAST DOUBLING IN POWER EACH YEAR. In contrast, biological intelligence is effectively of fixed capacity [.…] As molecular nanotechnology involves the manipulation of matter on atomic or molecular levels, it will be possible to infuse everything on planet earth with nonbiological intelligence. POTENTIALLY, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE COULD BE SATURATED WITH INTELLIGENCE [.…] WHAT WILL THE POST-SINGULARITY WORLD LOOK LIKE? [.…] Most of the intelligence of our civilization will ultimately be nonbiological. BY THE END OF THIS CENTURY, IT WILL BE TRILLIONS OF TRILLIONS OF TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN HUMAN INTELLIGENCE. However, to address often-expressed concerns, this does not imply the end of biological intelligence, even if it is thrown from its perch of evolutionary superiority. Even the nonbiological forms will be derived from biological design. Our civilization will remain human— indeed, in many ways it will be more exemplary of what we regard as human than it is today [.…] THE TREND TELLS THE STORY [.…] Life arrives roughly 3.7 billion years ago in the form of biogenic graphite followed by the appearance of cells two billion years later. As we move from there biological evolution picks up speed, as does human technology. Viewing the linear plot, everything seems to happen in one day. Though the time span from the introduction of the personal computer to the World Wide Web took 14 years (from the MITS Altair 8800 in 1975 to Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal in March, 1989), it happened almost instantaneously in the overall picture. The second chart lays it out for us dramatically. Exponential forces are very seductive, he says. Until we get far enough along on the curve, they seem linear. Once we’re past the “knee” the trend starts to become clear. Or it should [.…] Mother Jones ran an article a year ago that illustrates how deceptive exponential trends can be. Imagine if Lake Michigan were drained in 1940, and your task was to fill it by doubling the amount of water you add every 18 months, beginning with one ounce. So, after 18 months you add two ounces, 18 months later you add four ounces, and so on. Coincidentally, as you were adding your first ounce to the dry lake, the first programmable computer in fact made its debut [.…] You continue. By 1960 you’ve added 150 gallons. By 1970, 16,000 gallons. You’re getting nowhere. Even if you stay with it to 2010, all you can see is a bit of water here and there. In the 47 18-month periods that have passed since 1940, you’ve added about 140.7 trillion ounces of Eighteen months served as the time interval because it corresponds to Moore’s Law (Intel’s David House modifiedMoore’s 2-year estimate in the 1970s, saying computer performance would double every 18 months. As of 2003, it was doubling every 20 months.) As Kurzweil notes, We’ve moved from computers with a trillionth of the power of a human brain to computers with a billionth of the power. Then a millionth. And now a thousandth. Along the way, computers progressed from ballistics to accounting to word processing to speech recognition, and none of that really seemed like progress toward artificial intelligence [.…] The truth is that all this represents more progress toward true AI than most of us realize. We’ve just been limited by the fact that computers still aren’t quite muscular enough to finish the job. That’s changing rapidly, though [.…] Even as AI progresses, the achievements are often discounted. In THE AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES (1990) Kurzweil predicted a computer would beat the world chess champion by 1998. While musing about this prediction in January, 2011 he said, ‘… I also predicted that when that happened we would either think better of computer intelligence, worse of human thinking, or worse of chess, and that if history was a guide, we would downgrade chess. [IBM’s] Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997, and indeed we were immediately treated to rationalizations that chess was not really exemplary of human thinking after all … ’ [.…] At Google, Kurzweil’s ambition is to do more than train a computer to read Wikipedia. ‘… We want [computers] to read everything on the web and every page of every book, then be able to engage an intelligent dialogue with the user to be able to answer their questions …” [.…] When Kurzweil says ‘… everything on the web, …’ he means everything — including ‘… every email you’ve ever written, every document, every idle thought you’ve ever tapped into a search-engine box…’ …” [237]

White Swan Book Excerpt Ends Now.

By Mr. Andres Agostini
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By Mr. Andres Agostini

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