The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis

by David J. Chalmers

Quote from footnote 1:
"This paper was published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies 17:7-65, 2010. I first became interested in this
cluster of ideas as a student, before first hearing explicitly of the “singularity” in 1997. I was spurred to think further about these issues by an invitation to speak at the 2009 Singularity Summit in New York City. I thank many people at that event for discussion, as well as many at later talks and discussions at West Point, CUNY, NYU, Delhi, ANU,
Tucson, Oxford, and UNSW. Thanks also to Doug Hofstadter, Marcus Hutter, Ole Koksvik, Drew McDermott, Carl
Shulman, and Michael Vassar for comments on this paper."

Genres: Philosophy

56 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

David Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and codirector of the Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness at New York University. He is the author of The Conscious Mind, The Character of Consciousness, and Constructing the World. He has given the John Locke Lectures and has been awarded the Jean Nicod Prize. He is known for formulating the “hard problem” of consciousness, which inspired Tom Stoppard’s play The Hard Problem, and for the idea of the “extended mind,” which says that the tools we use can become parts of our minds.

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[Clayton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Big "we created the terrordome from the seminal novel Don't Create the Terrordome " energy on display here

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[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent discussion of The Technical Singularity. Recommended for beginners to the subject.