The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

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Favorite papers

Ethical Issues in Advanced AI: One of the best, short introductions to advanced AI.
AI as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk: Recent book chapter from SIAI Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky.
Knowability of Friendly AI: Why knowably Friendly AI may not necessarily be impossible.
Astronomical Waste: An example of utilitarian thought in relation to advanced technologies.
Existential Risks: One of the most eye-opening papers that I have ever read.
Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction: A working paper about the challenges to studying existential risks.
Nanotechnology and International Security: Examines the potential of a new arms race involving nanotech and AI.
A History of Transhumanist Thought: Nick Bostrom's exploration of its cultural and philosophical roots.
Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer: An excellent introduction from Leda Cosmides and John Tooby.

Favorite websites

TED: A remarkable website and media resource.
Accelerating Future: Michael's excellent blog. Ask him to hurry up and finish his first book.
Presentation Zen: An invaluable blog about professional presentation design.
KurzweilAI.net: One of the best sources for advanced technology news.
Venture Beat: Matt Marshall's successor to SiliconBeat.
Acceleration Studies Foundation: See the Future Salon Network and Metaverse Roadmap.
Fight Aging!: A consistently interesting blog on life extension.
Overcoming Bias: A community forum focused on cognitive biases.

Favorite quotes

To any thoughtful person, the singularity idea, even if it seems wild, raises a gigantic, swirling cloud of profound and vital questions about humanity and the powerful technologies it is producing. Given this mysterious and rapidly approaching cloud, there can be no doubt that the time has come for the scientific and technological community to seriously try to figure out what is on humanity's collective horizon. Not to do so would be hugely irresponsible.

Douglas R. Hofstadter