Moore’s Law was a ten-year forecast on transistors that instead held true for decades. We are reaching the physical limit of how powerful the same size of computer chip can be. For those who seek the ...

Along with artificial intelligences comes the notion of machine morality, attempting to view intelligent machines with the best of human values. Machine morality--also know as friendly AI, artificial ...

As humanity stands on the brink of a technology triggered information revolution, the scale, scope and complexity of the impact of intelligence evolution in machines is unlike anything humankind has ...

First, let’s stipulate that not all problems can be solved with AI and machine learning, though the line is blurring more every day. But let’s also stipulate that problems that are repetitious in well ...

The chip industry built its identity on a single promise: transistor counts would double roughly every two years, delivering faster and cheaper computing in a reliable cadence. That promise, known as ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, Silicon Valley anticipated the moment when a new technology would come along and change everything. It would unite human and machine, probably for the better but possibly ...

Futurist/historian of science Paul Saffo gave the final presentation of the day at the Singularity Summit 2007, offering his advice to the crowd of 800 attendees. "We are in a moment of handoff. It ...

A Singularity University student taped a picture of Ralph Merkle to a dorm room wall, executive director Salim Ismail tells me. Merkle makes an unlikely pinup, but I get it. He's a great speaker, ...