Transvision
2003 Panel
SUNDAY June 29, 2003
9am-10:30am
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 62
High St., New Haven CT
Visions of the Singularity
Moderator and Respodent: Tyler Emerson
Institute for Accelerating Change
Michael
Anissimov
Co-Director, Immortality Institute for Infinite Lifespans
"Accelerating Progress and the Potential Consequences of Smarter
than Human Intelligence"
According to a growing group of prominent futurists
and academics, exponentially accelerating trends in nano-, cognitive,
and computer sciences will create a technological environment conducive
to the creation of genuinely smarter than human intelligence by the
middle of this century. This presentation will review the technologies
currently moving in this direction, state how these technologies might
be applied to the creation of transhuman intelligence, analyze the
possible consequences of such an advance, and suggest actions that
transhumanists can take to raise the probability of a positive outcome.
Born in 1984, Michael Anissimov is a co-director of
the nonprofit Immortality Institute for Infinite Lifespans, an
organization devoted to spreading information regarding the prospect of
extending human lifespan indefinitely through the fruits of science and
technology. He also volunteers for the nonprofit Singularity Institute
for Artificial Intelligence, an organization explicitly focused on
creating self-improving AI and ensuring its integrity. Michael is
currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science at the City College of
San Francisco.
Hatuna
Pokrovskaia
NYU Colleges Against Cancer,
New York Transhumanist Association
"Ecce Trans-Homo: The Progression of Ethics in the Technological
Revolution"
An interdisciplinary approach to Transhumanism,
focusing mainly on the adaptability of the biological human to the
technological human.
Ms. Pokrovskaia is currently an undergraduate student
in my sophomore year at New York University. I am pursuing a pre-medical
track and a major in Psychology/Neuroscience.
