Michael Anissimov at Foresight 2010: Don’t Fear the Singularity, But Be Careful

by Socrates on April 7, 2010 · View Comments

This is an interesting video of Michael Anissimov at Foresight 2010.

Michael is Media Director for the Singularity Institute and Fundraising Director, North America for the Lifeboat Foundation. He is a science/technology writer and “futurist”, which, as stated on his popular blog Accelerating Future, means someone who makes educated guesses about speculative technological probabilities.

Top 10 Singularitarians of All Time (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com)
Webcast: Foresight Institute conf on nanotech and artificial intelligence (boingboing.net)

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