Category Archives: Religion – The Future
Is The Singularity A Religious Doctrine?
A colleague forwarded John Horgan‘s recent Scientific American article, “The Singularity and the Neural Code.” Horgan argues that the intelligence augmentation and mind uploading that would lead to a technological singularity depend upon cracking the neural code. Continue reading Is The Singularity A Religious Doctrine?
Religion and Superintelligence
Progress in machine classification of images. The error rate of AI by year. Red line – the error rate of a trained human
I was recently contacted by a staff writer from the online newsmagazine The Daily Dot. He is writing a story at the intersection of computer superintelligence and religion, Continue reading Religion and Superintelligence
When Superintelligent AIs Arrive, Will Religions Try to Convert It?
Progress in machine classification of images. The error rate of AI by year. Red line – the error rate of a trained human
Zoltan Istvan caused a stir with his recent article: “When Superintelligent AI Arrives, Will Religions Try to Convert It?” Continue reading When Superintelligent AIs Arrive, Will Religions Try to Convert It?
The End of Religion: Technology and the Future
History is littered with dead gods. The Greek and Roman gods, and thousands of others have perished, yet Allah, Yahweh and a few more still survive. But will belief in these remaining gods endure? It will not. Our descendants will be too advanced to share such primitive beliefs.
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