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Singularity
Books about the theorized technological singularity.
Note: There is also a Goodreads group by the same title. The bookshelf in that group is not the same as this list, although the two should be largely congruent.
(See wikipedia for more information on the topic and many other links.) ...more
The technological singularity is a theoretical future point that takes place during a period of unprecedented technological progress sometime after the creation of a Superintelligence.This bookshelf contains both fiction and non-fiction, some dealing directly with the topic, some indirectly.
Note: There is also a Goodreads group by the same title. The bookshelf in that group is not the same as this list, although the two should be largely congruent.
(See wikipedia for more information on the topic and many other links.) ...more
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Turing presented his new offering in the form of a thought experiment, based on a popular Victorian parlor game. A man and a woman hide, and a judge is asked to determine which is which by relying only on the texts of notes passed back and forth.
Turing replaced the woman with a computer. Can the judge tell which is the man? If not, is the computer conscious? Intelligent? Does it deserve equal rights?
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― You Are Not a Gadget
― You Are Not a Gadget
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Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house to search instead of folders or paths in your computer's home directory? It's a crippling design flaw in the real-world interface.
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― Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ
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