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Just saw this on another forum. I figured I'd repost it here, since it'd be interesting to see you guy's answer to it. Consider the follo

One day, someone not a member of the Singularity Institute (and has publically stated that they don't believe in the necessity of ensuring a

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2010/02/philip-rosedale-ai.html http://www.lovemachineinc.com/ Should I feel bad for hoping they'll fail? I do

Every time I come across one, it annoys me. I have to copy the text, open a new tab to the ROT13 site, paste the text, and click the transla

Here's an article I found today, though it is a few months old; it seems to illustrate an interesting cognitive bias that I don't think I've

Here's something I found after surfing a few links. Given the interest in intelligence augmentation and biological immortality here, I figur

Here's something I found while wasting time on Youtube today. Sort of surprising how close they got to the truth, though of course the aesth

Note: this image does not belong to me; I found it on 4chan. It presents an interesting exercise, though, so I'm posting it here for the enj

Got this snippet of an idea while reading a Terminator/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover. Not going to do anything with it (for hopefully o

You are now in control of a habitat on the moon. It has no ties to any government; its creation was funded by a wealthy philanthropist who j