Re: Singularity introductions (was Re: [sl4] New Singularity FAQ)

From: Nick Tarleton (nickptar@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 21 2010 - 14:31:49 MST


On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 07:58:38PM -0500, Thomas McCabe wrote:
>> This Singularity FAQ was co-authored by myself and Kaj Sotala. It
>> is not intended to be an introduction to the Singularity;
>
> Going to derail this, sorry.
>
> What *would* you give to someone who has never heard of the
> Singularity, but you think might be receptive?  I have yet to find
> anything that seems satisfying to me.
>
> Ideally in book form.
>
> -Robin

If they're not averse to reading long papers, definitely
http://intelligence.org/upload/artificial-intelligence-risk.pdf .



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