We Will Be One
by Jon Husband
I wonder if this means it will be you or your computer that enrolls in this "university" ?
Via the Guardian
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Ray Kurzweil to head futurology school backed by Nasa and Google
The Singularity University will offer courses in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and biotechnologyIan Sample
An American inventor who plans to live for ever has been appointed head of a new school for futurologists backed by Google and the US space agency Nasa.
Ray Kurzweil, who worked as a computer scientist before turning to future gazing in the late 1980s, will become chancellor of the Singularity University based at Nasa’s Silicon Valley campus in California.
The institution gains its name from a controversial 2005 book by Kurzweil, entitled The Singularity is Near. In it, he argues that the exponential advance of technology is set to transform society by giving rise to computers that are more clever than humans. The leap in computing power will drive rapid advances in other fields, he claims, that together could solve the problems of climate change, poverty, famine and disease.
In an earlier book, Kurzweil predicts the creation of "nanobots" that will patrol our bloodstreams, repairing wear and tear as they go, and keeping our bodies perpetually young.
"The law of accelerating returns means technology eventually will be a million more times powerful than it is today and cause profound transformation," Kurzweil told Associated Press after his appointment was announced.
The new institute will offer courses on artificial intelligence, nanotechnology and biotechnology and is due to open its doors to its first class of 30 students this summer.
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