Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Singularity Summit 2008 offers discount to KurzweilAI.net readers; keynote by Kurzweil clarifies Turing test rules via KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News on 10/19/08 The Singularity Summit (October 25 in San Jose) has offered a 15 percent discount to KurzweilAI.net readers who register at this link. About 90 seats are left. The Summit program includes a keynote by Ray Kurzweil, which will include updated charts based on extensive new research, and a comparison of test rules in the recent Loebner Turing test to more rigorous rules defined by Kurzweil and Mitch Kapor in a wager on whether AI will be achieved by 2029. There will also be a dialogue between Kurzweil and IEEE Spectrum journalist John Horgan, moderated by IEEE executive editor Glenn Zorpette, regarding recent criticisms in the magazine. (Source: ) Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
