A personal blog mainly on cosmism, science fiction, futurism and emerging technologies. Also IT, VR and virtual worlds, and some personal stuff.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Emerging Technologies, Technological Singularity and the Transhumanist Vision , Barcelona, April 14
On Wednesday, April 14, I gave a talk on "Emerging Technologies, Technological Singularity and the Transhumanist Vision" in Barcelona, at the IV International Conference on Universes and Metaverses: artistic applications of the new media, organized by Art, Architecture and Digital Society, a Research Group linked to the Department of Art History of The University of Barcelona.
Abstract: Discussion of various emergent technologies (virtual reality, neurosciences, bio/nano technologies, artificial intelligence) within the ethical and philosophical framework of the transhumanist vision and how the NBIC (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno) convergence can take us to a Technological Singularity in this century.
El miércoles, 14 de abril he dado una charla sobre "Tecnologías Emergentes, Singularidad Tecnológica y la Visión Transhumanista" en las IV Jornadas Internacionales Universos y Metaversos: aplicaciones artísticas de los nuevos medios, organizadas por Arte, Arquitectura y Sociedad Digital, un Grupo de Investigación vinculado al Departamento de Historia del Arte de la Universidad de Barcelona.
Resumen: Discusión de diversas tecnologías emergentes (realidad virtual, neurociencias, bio / nanotecnologías, inteligencia artificial) en el marco ético y filosófico de la visión transhumanista y cómo la convergencia NBIC (Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno) nos puede llevar a una Singularidad tecnológica en este siglo.
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