"if electrophysiological models are enough, full human brain emulations should be possible before mid‐century. Animal models of simple mammals would be possible one to two decades before this."

"swimming the shared waves of world consciousness; being a part of, and helping to build, this eternal soul"

Whole Earth Review, Summer 1993.

An essay by Robin Hanson, projecting the universe as it might be in the year 1,000,000 C.E.

Oxford philosopher and transhumanist Nick Bostrom examines the future of humankind, and asks whether we can -- or should -- alter our fundamental nature to solve our intrinsic problems.

Our minds are designed to retain, for efficient storage, past information that fits into a compressed narrative. This distortion, called the hindsight bias, prevents us from adequately learning from the past.

Vernor Vinge's notes for his talk at Seminars about Long-Term Thinking, 15 February 2007.

The Japanese National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) runs a technology foresight project every five years, looking 30 years into the future.

On artificial intelligence, cybernetic totalism, and the loss of common sense. "We should do everything we can to avoid singularities. A singularity is a sign that we've failed."

Keynote address given by Eliezer Yudkowsky at the New York Transhumanist Association: World Futures Symposium.

A Singularitarian blog with particular focus on issues of AI morality and existential risks.

"What will be the biggest breakthrough of the next 50 years? As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations we asked over 70 of the world's most brilliant scientists for their ideas."

Transcript of Vinge's talk on his vision of the future as depicted in "Rainbows End".

The greatest acceleration potential is provided by technologies that address the problem of improving the intelligence of the scientists and technologists themselves.

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