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Singularity

Elon Musk Calls For Regulation of 'Demonic' Artificial Intelligence

Not much scares intrepid entrepreneur Elon Musk — not outer space, exploding rockets, supersonic air travel or disappointing us with unfulfilled promises.
By Jack Smith IV

'Cyborg Unplug' Is a Personal Jammer Against Drones, Glassholes

Everyone from professional photographers to Martha Stewart is using little quadcopter drones to take stunning landscape videos and aerial photographs. But if you’re
By Jack Smith IV

Study: People Are More Likely to Open Up to a Talking Computer Than a Human Therapist

It only takes five minutes with Siri to realize that robots are miserable replacements for help from a real person.
By Jack Smith IV

Researchers Create Self-Organizing Insectoid Robot Swarm, God Help Us

By Jack Smith IV
(Photo: thatsreallypossible.com)

Google Hopes to Offer Life Extension as a Perk So You Can Work There Forever and Ever Without Leaving

By Jessica Roy

Ray Kurzweil Sees No Reason Why He Should Accept Death

By Kelly Faircloth
(Photo: Rachel Marone)

Redditor Wonders if He Should Have His Hemorrhoids Removed Since He’ll Become a Cyborg Soon Anyway

By Jessica Roy

Ray Kurzweil Says He’ll Get ‘Unlimited Resources’ to Work on AI at Google [Updated]

By Kelly Faircloth

The Best of Betabeat: A 2012 Retrospective

By The Editors

Will the Singularity Improve the Legal System? Peter Thiel Seems to Think So

By Patrick Clark

Regular Orgasms Are for Mortals; All the Cool Kids Are Having ‘Longevity Orgasms’

By Jessica Roy
Best without bugs. (Photo: flickr.com/violetmonde)

What Are Algorithms up to Today? Fighting Off Fruit Flies

By Kelly Faircloth

Faith, Hope, and Singularity: Entering the Matrix with New York’s Futurist Set

By Nitasha Tiku

Woo, Boy: Singularity U’s Vivek Wadhwa Spreads the Dark Art of ‘Pseudoscience’

By Jessica Roy
(Photo: Wordpress)

Booting Up: Rather Disgruntled Edition

By Jessica Roy

Ray of Fright: Techno-Dazzled Times Airs Futurist Fluff

By Lee Siegel
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