singularity
What If One Country Achieves the Singularity First?
The possibility of a nationalistic singularity poses some scary ethical questions.
This New Face-Detection Technology Could Redefine What It Means to Leave Your House
Which is a pretty fucking terrifying thought.
An "Out Of Control" Machine Roars To Life In Brussels
The Creators Project presents "Out of Control," the multisensory sci-fi experience from Visual System.
Forget Turing, the Lovelace Test Has a Better Shot at Spotting AI
To pass the Lovelace Test a machine has to create something original, that it wasn't programmed to do.
Multi-Sensory Installation Explores The Inevitable Rise Of The Super-Machine
Visual System's new project "Out Of Control" imagines a fight between a super computer and mega virus.
The Anarcho-Primitivist Who Wants Us All to Give Up Technology
Our dependence on technology has stunted our ability as a species to truly communicate, according to John Zerzan, perhaps the world's most prominent anti-technology philosopher. The solution? Give it all up and start hunting and gathering again. And...
BALL_SO_HARD.avi Is the Best YouTube Video
Rationally assessing our bio-digital progress is going to require something we normally avoid: Thinking of ourselves not just as mysterious blobs of organic matter, but also as machines.
13 Movies That Explore The Future Of Technology
We explore the real-world technologies that mirror their imaginary counterparts in 13 legendary sci-fi films.
The Pop Singularity of 'Transcendence'
The first Hollywood film about the modern singularity is as confused about the rise of AI as we are.
The DARPA Cyborg Showdown Looked Like a Golf Game Between Giant Babies
Real progress in humanoid robots isn’t going to come from DARPA's comparatively puny million-dollar awards. This is now Google's game to lose.