AI Sentience

Here’s how it could happen. Speculation about an artificial intelligence becoming sentient, effectively alive, has been common for decades. Some Continue reading →

Quantum Supremacy

The Digital Singularity may arrive earlier than expected. As if technology hadn’t been changing fast enough, quantum computing has accelerated Continue reading →

Autonomous Hacking

As if hacking wasn’t powerful enough, there is now a competition to create a program that will autonomously attack and Continue reading →

Self Replicating Internet

This could be a good thing. This could be a bad thing. Researchers from Delft are developing code that is Continue reading →

Machines Teaching Themselves

As a gross generalization, there are four phases to the development of computing. Phase 1, programming was written line by line Continue reading →

Robots Evolving Robots

Two paths to the digital singularity involve the evolution of non-human entities: hardware and software. On the hardware side, a Continue reading →

A Robot Wakes

The Digital Singularity that we could witness could happen within only a few minutes. It may take more. It may Continue reading →

Upload Your Brain

Uploading your brain was an element in science fiction, but it is coming closer to reality. Some think it can’t Continue reading →