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IEEE Special Report On the Singularity

Posted by timothy on from the you-will-have-already-read-this dept.

jbcarr83 writes "The IEEE Spectrum is running a special issue on the technological singularity as envisioned by Vernor Vinge and others. Articles on both sides of the will it/won't it divide appear, though most take the it will approach. I found Richard A.L. Jones' contribution, 'Rupturing The Nanotech Rapture,' to be of particular interest. He puts forward some very sound objections to nanomachines of the Drexler variety."

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  1. External influences on the coming singularity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Some of may have noticed that The Singularity has been stalled for a few years.

    We have been researching stem cells for seven years without curing Alzheimers, Parkinson's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, or even the common cold. Jet packs are still priced far out of the reach of middle-class consumers. Massively parallel supercomputers have been built, but remain strangely quiet, with no apparent interest in singing about Daisies, or anything else for that matter.

    The cause is clear: the Presidency of George W. Bush has set us back by at least five years. The technological prophets must be excused. No one could foresee the calamities that would befall us on the fateful day in 2000.

    There is but one solution, and we must accept it without hesitation. Reject McCain. Reject Hillary. Reject Obama, and restore Al Gore to his rightful throne in the White House. Only then can the Singularity be achieved.