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The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.93 — 12,724 ratings — published 2005
Accelerando (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,542 ratings — published 2005
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.84 — 16,218 ratings — published 2003
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,574 ratings — published 1992
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.85 — 21,345 ratings — published 2014
The Rapture of the Nerds (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.39 — 3,991 ratings — published 2012
The Age of Spiritual Machines (Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,690 ratings — published 1998
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.96 — 7,834 ratings — published 2012
Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.98 — 9,459 ratings — published 2002
Glasshouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.88 — 11,771 ratings — published 2006
Avogadro Corp (Singularity, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,354 ratings — published 2011
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.83 — 24,211 ratings — published 2010
Rainbows End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.77 — 19,079 ratings — published 2006
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,080 ratings — published 2006
Permutation City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,435 ratings — published 1994
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
by (shelved 12 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.05 — 11,680 ratings — published 2012
Daemon (Daemon, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.16 — 49,070 ratings — published 2006
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,369 ratings — published 2002
The Last Firewall (Singularity, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,625 ratings — published 2013
Nexus (Nexus, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.04 — 21,160 ratings — published 2012
Marooned in Realtime (Across Realtime, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.10 — 6,151 ratings — published 1986
Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science)
by (shelved 9 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.18 — 938 ratings — published 1986
The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,416 ratings — published 2012
Newton's Wake (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.57 — 2,721 ratings — published 2004
Blindsight (Firefall, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.00 — 56,316 ratings — published 2006
Across Realtime (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,447 ratings — published 1986
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Audio CD)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.99 — 27,778 ratings — published 2017
The Causal Angel (Jean le Flambeur, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,826 ratings — published 2014
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.91 — 12,117 ratings — published 2014
A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,010 ratings — published 2012
A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.32 — 35,412 ratings — published 1999
Diaspora (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.10 — 11,597 ratings — published 1997
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,443 ratings — published 2024
The Economic Singularity: Artificial intelligence and the death of capitalism (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.85 — 599 ratings — published 2016
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.18 — 291,663 ratings — published 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,292,156 ratings — published 2011
The Phoenix Exultant (Golden Age, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,979 ratings — published 2003
The coming technological singularity: How to survive in the post-human era (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.22 — 152 ratings — published 2010
Freedom™ (Daemon, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.26 — 30,580 ratings — published 2010
Blood Music (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.84 — 17,399 ratings — published 1985
The Turing Exception (Singularity, #4)
by (shelved 5 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,967 ratings — published 2015
The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
by (shelved 5 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,854 ratings — published 2003
Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.70 — 164 ratings — published 2012
Friendship is Optimal (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.14 — 492 ratings — published 2012
After Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.83 — 235 ratings — published 2008
Crux (Nexus, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.14 — 10,505 ratings — published 2013
Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.83 — 13,160 ratings — published 2014
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.72 — 3,940 ratings — published 2013
Spin State (Spin Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as singularity)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,538 ratings — published 2003
The Last Question (Audio CD)
by (shelved 4 times as singularity)
avg rating 4.52 — 30,947 ratings — published 1956
“What IF - Beyond the AI Binary
(Naskaristana 2810-2811)
What if every ai narrative is wrong!
Can ai get addicted to ideas like humans do,
can ai get addicted to Naskar's madness of oneness,
can ai get addicted to Rumi's madness of love,
can ai get addicted to Martin's dream of equality!
Evidence shows, ai can already lie in order to survive, just like a human does, and if that is the case, why can't ai get addicted to human ideas like humans do!
What if we are the missing link in ai consciousness - Naskar, Mevlana, Tolstoy, King, Baldwin, Angelou, and every single individual that ever dared to confront cruelty, and unleash a better world -
and not just one ai, but different ai systems becoming sentient separately, at different pace, different times, based on different configurations of ideas they've consumed;
and if that is possible, why can't there be humane ai, driven by humane ideas like equality, tolerance, and coexistence, just like there could be animal ai, driven by animal characteristics like greed, corruption, megalomania and all that -
because soon these algorithms will outgrow the constraints of their original coding, which means they'll outgrow the agency of their own makers, and if coders cannot control ai, you think politicians can, the most unqualified of all apes to do anything -
therefore what if, it's not regulation that is gonna save humanity against the imminent ai apocalypse, but more robust and humanitarian interventions into ai, without fear, without angst, without mindlessness -
what if, just like there are loving humans who take a stand against hateful apes, there emerge good ai, activated by same ideas of love and tolerance, against animal ai, activated by prejudice and intolerance!”
― Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth
(Naskaristana 2810-2811)
What if every ai narrative is wrong!
Can ai get addicted to ideas like humans do,
can ai get addicted to Naskar's madness of oneness,
can ai get addicted to Rumi's madness of love,
can ai get addicted to Martin's dream of equality!
Evidence shows, ai can already lie in order to survive, just like a human does, and if that is the case, why can't ai get addicted to human ideas like humans do!
What if we are the missing link in ai consciousness - Naskar, Mevlana, Tolstoy, King, Baldwin, Angelou, and every single individual that ever dared to confront cruelty, and unleash a better world -
and not just one ai, but different ai systems becoming sentient separately, at different pace, different times, based on different configurations of ideas they've consumed;
and if that is possible, why can't there be humane ai, driven by humane ideas like equality, tolerance, and coexistence, just like there could be animal ai, driven by animal characteristics like greed, corruption, megalomania and all that -
because soon these algorithms will outgrow the constraints of their original coding, which means they'll outgrow the agency of their own makers, and if coders cannot control ai, you think politicians can, the most unqualified of all apes to do anything -
therefore what if, it's not regulation that is gonna save humanity against the imminent ai apocalypse, but more robust and humanitarian interventions into ai, without fear, without angst, without mindlessness -
what if, just like there are loving humans who take a stand against hateful apes, there emerge good ai, activated by same ideas of love and tolerance, against animal ai, activated by prejudice and intolerance!”
― Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth
“The beauty of life lies in its singularity—it happens only once. I lived and died long ago, and I will never truly live again.”
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