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1. Harper Reed's Machine Can't Read Your Mind --- Yet.

Author

MURPHY, TIM

Subjects
*TECHNOLOGICAL singularity, *DATA mining, *COMPUTER hackers, *POLITICAL participation, UNITED States presidential election, 2012
Abstract

The article profiles hacker Harper Reed, who works for U.S. President Barack Obama's reelection campaign in San Francisco, California, conducting data mining operations to win voters' support. Topics include a history of data mining as a political tool, how Reed's work for the Obama campaign sets it apart from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's digital work, and why Reed supports the advent of the technological singularity. INSET: Men Who State at Votes.

Published
2012

2. The singularity and the library.

Author

Steele, Kirstin

Subjects
*LIBRARY administration, *HIGH technology, *TECHNOLOGICAL singularity, *LIBRARIES, *LIBRARIANS
Abstract

Purpose – This article aims to consider what libraries might be used for after machines become smarter than humans. Design/methodology/approach – The article considers how Vernor Vinge's novel Across Realtime and his essay "The coming technological singularity" inform possible library futures. Findings – Libraries might become havens for humans left out of the high-tech future, or museums for defunct technologies, or vanish completely. Originality/value – The article expands discussion of the library's future beyond the foreseeable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2011
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3. Why Paul Allen Does Not Believe The Singularity Is Coming Any Time Soon.

Author

Herper, Matthew

Subjects
RICH people, BRAIN, TECHNOLOGICAL singularity, INTELLECTUAL development
Abstract

The article focuses on the reason behind the belief of Paul Allen, one of the richest people in the U.S., that technological singularity is not coming. It notes that Allen funded a lot of efforts to use single photon detectors and microscopes to reverse engineer the brain. It states that Allen does not believe that singularity is coming because he believes that human brain is designed by evolution and is hideously complex and is different from computers.

Published
2012

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