Surf these sites: Critical Discussion of Vinge''s Singularity -- Thirteen participants write essays on the Singularity; Vernor Vinge responds to each. How long before superintelligence? -- A scholarly analysis of the hardware and software required for superintelligence, and when it is likely to arrive. Paths to the Singularity -- A visualization of how the Singularity is likely to come about. Surveys many of the possibilities; mostly discusses the ">Web", or an AI running on the Internet. Posthuman Sub-Page -- From the Anders Transhuman Page; reviewed links to ultra-ultratechnologies such as uploads, Jupiter brains, borganisms, and more. Mondo future shock. Singularitarian mailing list -- A mailing list for people interested in implementing the Singularity. Restricted membership. Singularity Analysis -- Essays on multiple topics: The trajectory of a self-modifying AI as a function of intelligence, programming efficiency, and available hardware; the canonical list of Zone Barriers; superintelligent motivations; and unknowability as a result of the evaporation of the human ontology. Singularity Sub-Page -- From the Anders Transhuman Page; reviewed links to Singularity pages. Staring into the Singularity -- "If computing speeds double every two years, what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research?" Powers, Transcendence, and the ultimate unknowability of dealing with something that''s smarter than you are. Post-post-posthumanity; the ultimate high for future shock addicts. Surviving the Singularity -- Steve Alan Edwards interviews five transhumanists on the Singularity. Touches on a broad cross-section of the issues. The Plan to Singularity -- A massive document describing the technological path to Singularity, the strategy for getting there through open-source AI and the creation of an AI industry, and how much it will all cost. The Singularitarian Principles -- The principles which define and describe the Singularitarians, partisans and advocates of the Singularity. Vernor Vinge on the Singularity -- The 1993 NASA lecture by Vernor Vinge, inventor of the Singularity. "Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended." When will computer hardware match the human brain? -- A very detailed analysis of the computing power of human neurology, progress in AI as a function of available hardware, and the computing power required to simulate human performance in subdomains such as chess or visual processing.
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