[SKRIVA] NASA och Google startar futurismskola
- From: Ahrvid Engholm <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:09:39 +0100
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b162dfc-f168-11dd-8790-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1
Utdrag:
Google and Nasa are throwing their weight behind a new school for futurists in
Silicon Valley to prepare scientists for an era when machines become cleverer
than people.
The new institution, known as “Singularity University”, is to be headed by Ray
Kurzweil, whose predictions about the exponential pace of technological change
have made him a controversial figure in technology circles.
Google and Nasa’s backing demonstrates the growing mainstream acceptance of Mr
Kurzweil’s views, which include a claim that before the middle of this century
artificial intelligence will outstrip human beings, ushering in a new era of
civilisation.
To be housed at Nasa’s Ames Research Center, a stone’s-throw from the
Googleplex, the Singularity University will offer courses on biotechnology,
nano-technology and artificial intelligence.
The so-called “singularity” is a theorised period of rapid technological
progress in the near future. Mr Kurzweil, an American inventor, popularised the
term in his 2005 book “The Singularity is Near”.
Proponents say that during the singularity, machines will be able to improve
themselves using artificial intelligence and that smarter-than-human computers
will solve problems including energy scarcity, climate change and hunger. ...
Mr Kurzweil said the university was launching now because many technologies
were approaching a moment of radical advancement. “We’re getting to the steep
part of the curve,” said Mr Kurzweil. “It’s not just electronics and computers.
It’s any technology where we can measure the information content, like
genetics.”
Singuläritetsuniversitetet kommer dock inte formellt att bli ett ackrediterat
universitet, anges det också. Men det kan ju vara spännande i alla fall!
--Ahrvid
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