The AI Singularity: Prospects for Digital Immortality
A lecture or talk by Rich Sutton, Author's site, dated 3 December 2013. The author's Talks page lists the talk as given in "Kim Solez's LABMP course Dec 3, 2013"; each slide carries the footer "Tuesday, December 3, 13". The record rests on the slides, not on the spoken talk.
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- The AI Singularity: Prospects for Digital Immortality (slides) Author's site (incompleteideas.net, Talks page) · published 2013-12-03 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 5e9c8053d76e9b3cea1a7db738ef050e35572dcfe09f163077ce7c6d7bd965be). slides PDF linked from the author's Talks page; retrieved over plain HTTP because the site's HTTPS certificate failed verification.
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- Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligenceSutton's slides for a talk of 3 December 2013 define the AI singularity as the point "When the smartest thing on the planet is designed rather than evolved", state that, unless humans destroy themselves first, economic incentives push "inexorably towards an AI singularity", and state that humans probably cannot prevent or control the AIs.2013-12-03 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligence: propositions page →
- Human minds transferred into machinesSutton's slides for a talk of 3 December 2013 define mental digitization as transferring a person's mind to a digital substrate and conclude that there is no clear reason why digitizing existing people should be nonsense.2013-12-03 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Human minds transferred into machines: propositions page →
- Machine intelligence as a physical or cosmic processSutton's slides for a talk of 3 December 2013 present technology as the fourth "age" of the universe, after particles, stars and replicators, in a timeline running from the big bang to artificial intelligence, singularity and transcendence.2013-12-03 · event · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machine intelligence as a physical or cosmic process: propositions page →
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