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Gaming the Future: The Book!

We are happy to announce that all videos from our Foresight 2010 conference are now posted: http://www.vimeo.com/album/176287

There are 17 videos, so in case you’d like some guidance in getting started, consider starting with the top three talks as rated by conference participants:

  • Hod Lipson: “Adaptive and Self-Reflective Systems“
  • Brad Templeton: “Revolutionizing Transportation with AI“
  • Ralph Merkle: “The Contributions of Robert Freitas to Molecular Nanotechnology“
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Special thanks to Monica Anderson, Miron Cuperman, and TechZulu (Efren Toscano) for their work on this project.

If you enjoy the videos and have not yet joined Foresight or donated in 2010, we encourage you to chip in and help fund this work: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=770119168

We hope to see you at the next Foresight Conference!

Foresight 2010: the Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and AGI

Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17, 2010 Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel 625 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Join us in for an exciting conference focused on the Synergy of Molecular Manufacturing and general Artificial Intelligence and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Foresight. Register online here. The two day conference rate is $175 with discounts for early registration!

Several rapidly-developing technologies have the potential to undergo an exponential takeoff in the next few decades, causing as much of an impact on economy and society as the computer and networking did in the past few. Chief among these are molecular manufacturing and artificial general intelligence (AGI). Key in the takeoff phenomenon will be the establishment of strong positive feedback loops within and between the technologies. Positive feedback loops leading to exponential growth are nothing new to economic systems. At issue is the value of the exponent: since the Industrial Revolution, economies have expanded at rates of up to 7% per year; however, computing capability has been expanding at rates up to 70% per year, in accordance with Moore’s Law. If manufacturing and intellectual work shifted into this mode, the impact on the economy and society would be profound. The purpose of this symposium is to examine the mechanisms by which this might happen, and its likely effects.

Feynman Prize Winners

Oscar Custance

National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Feynman Prize Winner
“Experimental Demonstrations of Mechanosynthesis”
video        slides (20 MB PDF)

Oscar Custance

Robert Freitas

Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Feynman Prize Winner

Robert Freitas

Confirmed Speakers

J. Storrs Hall

President, Foresight Institute
“Roadmaps to Nanotech and AGI”
video        slides (1.4 MB PDF)

J. Storrs Hall

Ralph Merkle

Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
“The Contributions of Robert Freitas to Molecular Nanotechnology”
video        slides (10.8 MB PDF)

Ralph Merkle

Hod Lipson

Cornell University
“Adaptive and Self-Reflective Systems”
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Hod Lipson

Larry Millstein

Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC
“Sequencing Single DNA Molecules”
video        slides (7.3 MB PDF)

Larry Millstein

Robin Hanson

George Mason University
“Economics of Nanotech and AI”
video        slides (11.3 MB PDF)

Robin Hanson

Paul Saffo

Stanford University
“Profiles of the Future”
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Paul Saffo

David Friedman

Santa Clara University
“Economics of Nanotech and AI”
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David Friedman

Michael Anissimov

Singularity Institute for AI
“Don’t Fear the Singularity, but Be Careful: Friendly AI Design”
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Michael Anissimov

Kartik Gada

Reliance GP
“Uplifting One Billion People in Ten Years”
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Kartik Gada

Brian Wang

Next Big Future .com
“Timing Emergence and Convergence of High Impact Technologies”
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Brian Wang

Monica Anderson

Syntience
“A New Direction in AI Research”
video

Monica Anderson

Salim Ismail

Executive Director, Singularity University
“Preparing Humanity for Accelerating Technological Change”
video        slides (6.6 MB PDF)

Salim Ismail

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