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Archive: October, 2007

Artificial Life Now

I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer | Science | The Guardian

Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.

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intrinsi on October 6th 2007 in Biology

Classifications of AI

Kinds of Minds

In Beyond AI, published today, J. Storrs Hall offers "a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the human-machine civilization," says Ray Kurzweil. In this first of three book excerpts, Hall suggests a classification of the different stages an AI might go through, from "hypohuman" (most existing AIs) to "hyperhuman" (similar to "superintelligence").

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intrinsi on October 3rd 2007 in Artificial Intelligence