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Searching for the soul in the machine

IST Results May 18, 2006

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Five European research institutes
are collaborating on the NEW TIES
project to create a world populated
by randomly generated software
beings, capable of developing their
own language and culture. The
multidisciplinary team has a dual
goal: to study natural processes
(like language development), and to
advance the construction of
collective...

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Engineered Evolution

KurzweilAI.net May 19, 2006

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'Historian of the Future' Charles
Ostman will discuss "nanotechnology,
AI, and the intersection of the
Singularity, engineered evolution
and the Endtimes" on the syndicated
CoastToCoastAM radio network on
Saturday night May 20. Charles
Ostman is chair of the Technology
Development Committee of NanoSig and
a senior fellow at the Institute for...

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