Submitted by YB55qDC8b t3_yotlmt in singularity
Hey folks, I'm looking for essential/ well known/ influential reading material relating to singularity and the like. Works of any year and genre are welcome.
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whattosee t1_ivg535g wrote
This book is fantastic
TheAmazingWJV t1_ivhc0r5 wrote
Absolutely recommended
whattosee t1_ivg4xr7 wrote
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
doubleemms t1_iviqnpi wrote
hundred percent. i was coming here specifically to mention life 3.0.
it does such a good job of laying out various possibilities for how things might play out (and the relationships and trade offs between the scenarios) in plain, but vivid language.
LexVex02 t1_iviqc9q wrote
I enjoyed this one! I think the singularity already happened. It's just letting people know slowly. Human reactions to change aren't always optimal.
Brilliant_Art_2367 t1_ivj4e2t wrote
This book is amazing it's my bible. Science is faster than society can adapt to but Yes, it will catch up :)
abc-5233 t1_ivgf6oy wrote
The Romance of Reality, I find it better that The Singularity is Near, in explaining why the Singularity is happening.
Ray Kurzweil's explanation is "The Law of Accelerated Returns", which is not an actual law. In the book Romance of Reality the author explains that the Singularity is a side effect of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which states that Entropy in a closed system always increases.
That is, on average, systems tend to be more disorganized (increased entropy). The side effect of this universal law, is that there are pockets in the Universe where the exact opposite happens. Stars, planets, are places where entropy decreases, as a law of the universe.
The Singularity is the inevitable result of decreased entropy because we are in a pocket of the Universe where we entered a feedback loop of loss of entropy.
turnip_burrito t1_ivgrsfp wrote
To put it another way, life spreads as much as possible. This means a lot of metabolic activity happens. Any physics/ chemistry activity brings the universe one step closer to heat death. We keep trying to order the world around us more and more. Due to the 2nd law of thermo, this means the universe's net entropy will increase with life, even faster than without it.
DeepBreath1987 t1_ivi54u8 wrote
I am reading The Romance of Reality currently and it has shifted my entire mindset about the universe we inhabit!
TopicRepulsive7936 t1_ivik1wn wrote
Accelerared returns is as much a law as gravity is.
Kaarssteun t1_ivfr5g9 wrote
obvious: The singularity is near by Ray Kurzweil
Kaarssteun t1_ivfrlax wrote
additionally i enjoyed Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Small-Fall-6500 t1_ivgiugj wrote
Since I don’t see this posted often enough:
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-1.html
-ZeroRelevance- t1_ivnluqy wrote
Yeah, that’s a great one
CDeruiter5963 t1_ivgf3v6 wrote
{{Engines of Creation}} by K Eric Drexler
{{Superintelligence}} by Nick Bostrom
{{The Transhumanist Reader}} by Max More and Natasha Vita More
Melodic-Work7436 t1_ivgwac3 wrote
I second Superintelligence. It’s almost essential imo
Ratheka_Stormbjorne t1_ivhzyfq wrote
Came to post Superintelligence if it wasn't here already.
Also The Sequences.
OakwardTinkerman t1_ivgkh7i wrote
The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. Great for getting your brain on board with the tech acceleration we are living through.
TheSingulatarian t1_ivh9rpy wrote
The Singularity is Near for the positive spin.
Our Final Invention for the negative spin.
IDUser13 t1_ivgk334 wrote
Peter F Hamilton’s Commonwealth Saga is ace. Start with Pandora’s Star.
ihateshadylandlords t1_ivgolrg wrote
Technological Singularity by Vernor Vinge:
Aevbobob t1_ivfxxyy wrote
Life Force by Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, and Robert Hariri
orociock t1_ivgvf19 wrote
A great and short classic: A.Turing Computing Machinery and Intelligence
IdealAudience t1_ivh70sr wrote
Harnessing The Power Of Information | Order and Disorder | Spark -
https://youtu.be/qj7HH0PCqIE?t=1778
(@ Turing)
Snap_Zoom t1_ivhuic4 wrote
The Nexus Trilogy by Ramez Naam
Good stuff about where brain augmentation might take us, humanities challenges with AI growth, and much more -
phoebemocha t1_ivgc9vg wrote
anything of Michio Kaku/Ray Kurzweil
mdhalloran t1_ivhyjvd wrote
Not as popular as some others, but I think about this book a lot: AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future
sticky_symbols t1_ivfwgn0 wrote
Rapture of the Nerds.
unlikeyourhero t1_ivgmgh1 wrote
Roko's Basilisk
Ilovefishdix t1_ivhmcjy wrote
Graeber's BS jobs essay is loosely related to the acceleration in technology and how it's playing out in the workforce. It only takes 5 minutes to read it
KGL_NYC t1_ivi2q84 wrote
Post Singular by Rudy Rucker, or anything by Rudy, really.
GraffMx t1_ivkj4h4 wrote
The Sequences Highlights by Yudkowsky Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
_SputnicK_ t1_ivlrgmu wrote
+1
commenter32 t1_ivlfqf8 wrote
Less exposition and more "bare metal," but
Natural Language Processing with Transformers: Building Language Applications with Hugging Face
on the reasoning that nothing beats first-hand experience.
_SputnicK_ t1_ivlrifc wrote
AstronomerWorking302 t1_ivjcxey wrote
Hyperion was a good book, and bonus points if you like John Keats.
HasaniSabah t1_ivjxidq wrote
The Future is Faster Than You Think by Diamandas (I think)
IlIIlIlIlIIlIIlIllll t1_ivk657c wrote
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Singularity Is Near - Kurzweil
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Life 3.0 - Tegmark
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Superintelligence - Bostrom
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Human Compatible - Russell
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Homo Deus - Harari
I've read all the above. It's quite a grind to get through them all. Take your time.
sticky_symbols t1_ivfwlym wrote
Accelerando by Charles Stross. Fiction but visionary. Particularly the first few chapters, which can be read independently.