Singularity 1 on 1: "During our 28 minute conversation with Noam Chomsky we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: the balance between his academic and his political life; artificial intelligence and reverse engineering the human brain; why in his view both Deep Blue and Watson are little more than PR; the slow but substantial progress of our civilization; the technological singularity." Read on

Noam Chomsky: The Singularity is Science Fiction! [youtube] Noam Chomsky: The Singularity is Science Fiction! [mp3]

Many great speakers at Singularity Summit 2012:

Vernor Vinge Daniel Kahneman Steven Pinker Temple Grandin Ray Kurzweil

Stream the talks at fora.tv

singularityweblog.com: "Robert J. Sawyer — called "the dean of Canadian science fiction", is one of only eight writers in history to win all three of the science-fiction field’s top honors for best novel of the year. During the conversation with him we discuss issues such as: how and why he got interested in science fiction and technology; the motivation behind and goals of his work; his current book and film projects; his take on artificial intelligence and the technological singularity; religion; and the future of humanity." Read on

Robert J. Sawyer on Singularity 1 on 1 - 09.11.2011

"Today guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge — the very person who coined the technological singularity as a term.

Despite his busy schedule Prof. Vinge still managed to give us over an hour of his time and during our conversation I ask him to discuss issues such as: his childhood and early interest in science fiction; his desire to make sense of the universe; his definition of the technological singularity and the story behind the term; his now classic 1993 NASA paper; his favorite science fiction books and authors; major milestones on the way towards the singularity and our chances to survive such an unprecedented event." Read on

Vernor Vinge: We Can Surpass the Wildest Dreams of Optimism

abc.net.au: "Computer design is moving ahead at enormous speed. Christof Koch (Professor of Biology and Engineering California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA USA) suggests before too long, computers will be built that have a degree of consciousness. He says there is little difference between a neuron passing an electrical signal and a circuit firing on a chip. Computers can recognise faces, play chess and perform in television quiz shows such as Jeopardy. Koch says if enough resources are deployed, computers could even interpret poetry." Read on

Christof Koch - The conscious computer - Radio ABC 26.03.2011

singularitysymposium.com: "We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such as his work on Mathematica, his monumental book A New Kind of Science, his unique computational search engine Wolfram|Alpha, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity." Read on

Stephen Wolfram on the technological singularity