The Singularity: Multiplying Intelligence Millions-Fold

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By 2045, we'll be able to multiply our intelligence many millions' fold.
The singularity refers to a point at which it becomes too hard to imagine what is going on.
With exponentially increasing cognitive capabilities during the singularity, it is possible we won't notice how much our lives have changed.
Greater capacity to understand things should enable us to understand history better.
Experts will be necessary to facilitate the transition during the singularity.

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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:06) – Turing test
(20:52) – Brain–computer interfaces
(32:32) – Singularity
(38:51) – Virtual reality
(41:31) – Evolution of information processing
(47:57) – Automation
(57:58) – Nanotechnology
(59:52) – Nuclear war
(1:01:57) – Uploading minds
(1:09:39) – How to think
(1:16:09) – Digital afterlife
(1:25:29) – Intelligent alien life
(1:28:19) – Simulation hypothesis
(1:32:31) – Mortality
(1:40:11) – Meaning of life