Last night saw the conclusion of the second annual Singularity University,
a ten-week graduate program designed to help some of the globes best
and brightest understand the implications and opportunities of
exponentially increasing technologies. Their task? To use those new
technologies to positively impact a billion lives.
"Singularity" refers specifically to a moment in the future in which artificial intelligence matches human intelligence. More broadly though, the conversation about the Singularity refers to the general implications of exponentially increasing technology. Put more basically, the idea is that technology is not just changing more rapidly, but the pace at which it is advancing is not linear but exponential.
This means that innovations that were recently unthinkable are now just around the corner. Our ability to fabricate nanomaterials, understand genomic code, and other similar advances all suggest a very different future. Some of the most notable implications have to do with the way we fight disease and customize medicine to our highly individual genetic makeups.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Next Idea to Impact a Billion Lives | Social Entrepreneurship | Change.org
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