"How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?"

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"How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?"

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"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."

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"In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds."

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"But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will."

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"Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection."

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"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence."

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"We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light."

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"The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors."

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"I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology."

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"And for all my rampant technological optimism, sometimes I think I'd be more comfortable if I were regarding these transcendental events from one thousand years remove... instead of twenty."

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"The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being."

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