It seems like everyone is talking about the Singularity these days. There’s a Singularity Institute, a Singularity Summit, and even Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner predicts that the ...

These will be among the questions pondered when experts in artificial intelligence, brain research and other futuristic fields gather at Stanford University on Saturday for what is being called the ...

Some technologists believe that rapid advancement in computer hardware and software could at some point lead to a hazy future for humans. The so-called point of technological singularity has a number ...

NEW YORK — Dreams of immortality inspired the fantastical tales of Greek historian Herodotus and Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon's legendary search for the fountain of youth. Nowadays, visionaries ...

The singularity Institute is concerned that computer programs and computer systems made for AI will end up having the technical problem of not doing what we want in general and being dangerous. It is ...