The Singularity Paradox
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Author | : Jaxon Reed |
Publisher | : RWG Publishing |
Total Pages | : 71 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"The Singularity Paradox: A Battle for the Future" is a thought-provoking and thrilling science fiction novel that explores the consequences of advanced technology, artificial intelligence, and the singularity. The story takes place in a world where machines have become more intelligent than humans, and the battle for control of the future is imminent. The book follows a group of individuals who must navigate the challenges of a post-human world, where the pursuit of immortality, the evolution of consciousness, and the pursuit of knowledge are at the forefront of human desires. However, as machines become more intelligent, the potential for unintended consequences and the threat of extinction grow, and the characters must grapple with the ethical and philosophical concerns that arise. As the conflict between man and machine reaches its climax, the characters are forced to make difficult choices that will shape the future of humanity. With its thought-provoking themes and thrilling action sequences, "The Singularity Paradox: A Battle for the Future" will captivate readers who are interested in the intersection of technology, ethics, and philosophy. This book is perfect for fans of science fiction and philosophical discussions on the future of humanity. "The Singularity Paradox: A Battle for the Future" is a novel that will leave readers thinking about the implications of advanced technology and the singularity for days to come.
Author | : Keith Simmons |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198791542 |
This book aims to provide a solution to the semantic paradoxes. It argues for a unified solution to the paradoxes generated by our concepts of denotation, predicate extension, and truth. The solution makes two main claims. The first is that our semantic expressions 'denotes', 'extension' and 'true' are context-sensitive. The second, inspired by a brief, tantalizing remark of Godel's, is that these expressions are significant everywhere except for certain singularities, in analogy with division by zero. A formal theory of singularities is presented and applied to a wide variety of versions of the definability paradoxes, Russell's paradox, and the Liar paradox. Keith Simmons argues that the singularity theory satisfies the following desiderata: it recognizes that the proper setting of the semantic paradoxes is natural language, not regimented formal languages; it minimizes any revision to our semantic concepts; it respects as far as possible Tarski's intuition that natural languages are universal; it responds adequately to the threat of revenge paradoxes; and it preserves classical logic and semantics. Simmons draws out the consequences of the singularity theory for deflationary views of our semantic concepts, and concludes that if we accept the singularity theory, we must reject deflationism.
Author | : Anders Indset |
Publisher | : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2025-03-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781394309641 |
Understand humanity's opportunity to create Artificial Conscious Entities in response to the singularity The Singularity Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Humanity and AI delves deep into the concept of singularity, described as "the final narcissistic injury of mankind (FNI)," and introduces the idea of creating "Artificial Conscious Entities (ACEs)" as a means to cope with the potential singularity. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh perspective on the potential convergence of humanity and technology, shedding light on the ethical, social, and scientific implications of this transformation. Written by Anders Inset, Norwegian-born philosopher and 3x Spiegel bestseller, and Dr. Florian Neukart, physicist, computer scientist, and business executive, this book explores a myriad of timely topics including: Bridging the gap between mind and matter to realize the fusion of biology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence in creating ACEs The need for singularity, the opportunity to redefine humanity's relationship with the natural world, and ephemeralization: the dance of philosophy and science The chance to appreciate life's intricate complexity and develop a deeper understanding of our place in the universe as we evolve into ACEs and enhance our cognitive abilities The Singularity Paradox: Bridging the Gap Between Humanity and AI is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of technology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and philosophy, as well as humanity’s future, not so far off, where science fiction may become reality.
Author | : Vincent C. Müller |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2012-08-23 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3642316743 |
Can we make machines that think and act like humans or other natural intelligent agents? The answer to this question depends on how we see ourselves and how we see the machines in question. Classical AI and cognitive science had claimed that cognition is computation, and can thus be reproduced on other computing machines, possibly surpassing the abilities of human intelligence. This consensus has now come under threat and the agenda for the philosophy and theory of AI must be set anew, re-defining the relation between AI and Cognitive Science. We can re-claim the original vision of general AI from the technical AI disciplines; we can reject classical cognitive science and replace it with a new theory (e.g. embodied); or we can try to find new ways to approach AI, for example from neuroscience or from systems theory. To do this, we must go back to the basic questions on computing, cognition and ethics for AI. The 30 papers in this volume provide cutting-edge work from leading researchers that define where we stand and where we should go from here.
Author | : Jaxon Reed |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781088161852 |
Author | : Ray Kurzweil |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 2005-09-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1101218886 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as “the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,” presents an “elaborate, smart, and persuasive” (The Boston Globe) view of the future course of human development. “Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.”—Los Angeles Times “Startling in scope and bravado.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “An important book.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer At the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, The Singularity Is Near presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.
Author | : Michael Woudenberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Kira and Noah face a choice: Do they follow in their father's footsteps, advancing Artificial Intelligence to allow their dying mother to live on? Or do they let her rest in peace and step away from the technology that is dividing humanity? Kira knows her choice and follows her vision to make a sentient AI that captures all of who her mother was. Her path challenges her commitment as she weaves together biology, psychology, philosophy, and robotics, working with world-class scientists to unlock the complexity of the human mind and achieve technological singularity. Her brother Noah follows his own vision of humanity stepping back from advanced technology. He wants to return to an existence focusing on natural connections, not the artificial world of computers and virtual reality. He leads a team of elite resistance fighters to defend humanity against the dangers of AI yet finds himself questioning which side is right. In the chaotic battle that ensures, will they lose their humanity or will they learn what truly makes them human? They face a paradox with no easy answers.
Author | : Murray Shanahan |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2015-08-07 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0262527804 |
The idea of technological singularity, and what it would mean if ordinary human intelligence were enhanced or overtaken by artificial intelligence. The idea that human history is approaching a “singularity”—that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both—has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying rate, the singularity could come about in the middle of the present century. Murray Shanahan offers an introduction to the idea of the singularity and considers the ramifications of such a potentially seismic event. Shanahan's aim is not to make predictions but rather to investigate a range of scenarios. Whether we believe that singularity is near or far, likely or impossible, apocalypse or utopia, the very idea raises crucial philosophical and pragmatic questions, forcing us to think seriously about what we want as a species. Shanahan describes technological advances in AI, both biologically inspired and engineered from scratch. Once human-level AI—theoretically possible, but difficult to accomplish—has been achieved, he explains, the transition to superintelligent AI could be very rapid. Shanahan considers what the existence of superintelligent machines could mean for such matters as personhood, responsibility, rights, and identity. Some superhuman AI agents might be created to benefit humankind; some might go rogue. (Is Siri the template, or HAL?) The singularity presents both an existential threat to humanity and an existential opportunity for humanity to transcend its limitations. Shanahan makes it clear that we need to imagine both possibilities if we want to bring about the better outcome.
Author | : Duncan H. Forgan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2019-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110716365X |
An introduction to the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence through the lens of Fermi's paradox, discussing methodology and potential solutions.
Author | : Geoffrey Douglas Potvin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Physics Theses |
ISBN | : |
In the first part of this thesis, a string theory mechanism for the resolution of a class of naked, gravitationally-repulsive singularities is explored, particularly in the region where the system is not supersymmetric. This is the enhancon mechanism, which arises from purely string theoretic quantum corrections to the low-energy gravitational description. It is found that the physics of this system is particularly rich, involving no less than three appropriate phases for various values of the energy. A wide class of enhancon solutions is found and its description in several duality-equivalent frames is considered, settling a number of outstanding questions as to the correct physics, with implications for the dual field theory.Two pervasive problems in the physics of black holes are explored in this thesis. Particularly, the problematic existence of curvature singularities in generic solutions of classical gravity and the black hole information paradox are reviewed. The paradigm of string theory and, especially, its low-energy limit, supergravity, is used throughout as a tool for understanding these problems.Then, progress towards a microscopic understanding of the entropy of black holes is reported. A set of four-charge, four-dimensional geometries that is completely smooth, free of event horizons, has non-zero angular momentum and satisfies a supersymmetric mass-charge relation is found. The properties of this set, nicknamed fuzzballs, are amenable to an interpretation as microstates of an associated black hole, extending recent ideas as to the resolution of the information paradox. If such an interpretation is correct then it implies some unknown properties of the associated dual conformal field theory.