Episode 185 - The Singularity Cometh
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As we stand on the brink of the age of spritual machines, are we as a society ready to face the consequences of our creation...or even to understand what those consequences are? Join us this week on The Corbett Report as we unpack the marvels and the horror of Kurzweil's law of accelerating returns.
Documentation
| Documentation - Transcendent Man trailer | |
| Time Reference: | 02:52 |
| Description: | The official trailer for the 2011 release of this documentary about Ray Kurzweil and his concept of the singularity. |
| Link To: | YouTube.com |
| Documentation - The Age of Spiritual Machines | |
| Time Reference: | 06:19 |
| Description: | Landmark book by Kurzweil on the singularity and its consequences. |
| Link To: | Amazon.com |
| Documentation - The Singularity is Near | |
| Time Reference: | 06:21 |
| Description: | Somewhat newer book by Kurzweil on (you guessed it) the singularity. |
| Link To: | Amazon |
| Documentation - Moore's Law | |
| Time Reference: | 06:59 |
| Description: | The observation made by Intel co-founder Thomas Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles every two years. |
| Link To: | webopedia.com |
| Documentation - Kurzweil explains law of accelerating returns | |
| Time Reference: | 07:56 |
| Description: | From a lecture at the University of Arizona from 2008. |
| Link To: | YouTube |
| Documentation - Kurzweil Demonstrated the KurzweilAI Camera for the Blind | |
| Time Reference: | 31:40 |
| Description: | It almost seems quaint now that this is 4 year old technology... |
| Link To: | Google Video |
| Documentation - Kurzweil on Colbert | |
| Time Reference: | 24:49 |
| Description: | Is there any way this could not turn into a horror movie? |
| Link To: | ColbertNation.com |
| Documentation - Children of Guanajuato, Mexico in Biometric D-Base |
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| Time Reference: | 32:42 |
| Description: | That's "database" for us luddites...but maybe that sounds too creepy. |
| Link To: | SingularityHub.com |
| Documentation - Big Brother Can Drive – Police Car-Mounted Cameras Scan 10,000 License Plates Per Hour | |
| Time Reference: | 32:49 |
| Description: | Well, it's good for law enforcement, right?! |
| Link To: | SingularityHub.com |
| Documentation - Technology of Mind Control - Neuroscience Experiments | |
| Time Reference: | 34:34 |
| Description: | From a BBC "Horizon" documentary. |
| Link To: | Daily Motion |
| Documentation - 'The Original Luddites' - Jeremy Black & Katrina Navickas | |
| Time Reference: | 43:17 |
| Description: | A studio discussion on an edition of 'Nightwaves' from BBC Radio 3 about Luddism. Taking part are historians Katrina Navickas and Jeremy Black. |
| Link To: | YouTube.com |
| Documentation - Cell Phone Companies Ordered by Government to Track You | |
| Time Reference: | 46:01 |
| Description: | Forget the iPhone database that logs where you've been, cell phones are mandated to track everything you do by the government. |
| Link To: | Infowars.com |
| Documentation - When Cyber Command Pulls the Plug? | |
| Time Reference: | 46:49 |
| Description: | How to build an offline network using old USB flash drives. |
| Link To: | CyberSpaceWar.com |
| Documentation - Get Internet Access When Government Shuts Down The Internet | |
| Time Reference: | 47:50 |
| Description: | Here are a few ways to build some basic network connectivity when you can't rely on your cellular or landline Internet connections... |
| Link To: | CyberSpaceWar.com |
| Documentation - Why The Future Doesn't Need Us | |
| Time Reference: | 48:56 |
| Description: | Bill Joy breaks down the dangers of the singularity. A must-read article. |
| Link To: | Wired.com |
| Documentation - Recipe for Destruction | |
| Time Reference: | 50:25 |
| Description: | A chilling op-ed from Kurzweil and Joy about the fear of designer virus warfare. |
| Link To: | NYTimes.com |