The Singularity is Near "In The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, Ray Kurzweil presents the next stage of his compelling view of the future: the merging of humans and machines. Kurzweil refers to this as “the singularity. He describes the singularity as a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed. Kurzweil postulates that we are already in the very early stages of this transition, and that within just a few decades, life as we know it will be completely different. He explains, “The singularity will represent the culmination of the merger of our biological thinking and existence with our technology, resulting in a world that is still human but that transcends our biological roots. There will be no distinction, post-singularity, between human and machine nor between physical and virtual reality. “If you wonder what will remain unequivocally human in such a world, it’s simply this quality — ours is the species that inherently seeks to extend its physical and mental reach beyond current limitations.” " -kurzweilai.net Here are links on the topic of the Singularity both for and against: (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (F) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrZdAL_2LoU (G) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpbRpvDKy74 (H) https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425733/paul-allen-the-singularity-isnt-near/ (I) http://www.singularity.com/KurzweilFuturist.pdf (J) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZDYGETKas&t=476s Thoughts?
A standard format for formal debates is to create an unambiguous motion for which two competing sides argue both for and against (i.e. Motion: "X"-- For the Motion: I Agree with "X", Against the Motion: I Disagree with "X") .. Notice sources are both For and Against..
?? All sources are "cited" as in they can be traced very easily. I'm not going to create a standard MLA bibliography as though I'm doing this for University
Thank you for your "thoughtful" post and general level of "maturity".. FYI, I do not espouse to the Singularity (however this is irrelevant to the Motion itself).. It's interesting that on a Star Trek forum a conversation about hypothetical, futuristic Science & Tech gets derailed from the off.. If I made a thread concerning the book(s) The Physics of Star Trek, Beyond Star Trek, Superintelligence, Physics of the Future, Physics of the Impossible, Our Final Invention, How to Create a Mind, Abundance, The Furture of the Mind, ect. ect. ect. would you all (i.e. everyone who has posted on this thread) be similarly "thoughtful" and "mature"?
Perhaps the Singularity will be better at cutting and pasting and also at creating threads. You seem to want everyone to conform to your rules and perform in lockstep - perhaps you are the Singularity. Where's the off switch?
The singularity isn't going to happen. Now now or the immediate future. We're safe from homicidal machines for now.
No. The precise reason I watch Star Trek is because I want to have fun. I talk about Star Trek because I want to have fun. The world's a serious place, I like to take a break from it every once in a while.