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    Articles:

    Processing at the Speed of Light
    Sentience - the Next Moral Dilemma
    Could nanomachines be tomorrow's doctors?
    Memory bottleneck limits intelligence
    Teranex Delivers TeraOps of Performance
    Your Wish Is Its Command
    Chip rewires itself on the fly
    Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
    Google's Goal: "Understand Everything"
    Technology Uses 'Glanceable' Objects
    Artificial intellect remains elusive
    DARPA tech chief envisions the future
    Killed by Goo!

    Epistemology:

    Unity of Knowledge
    Principia Cybernetica
    Why Occam's Razor?

    Online Books:

    Bubbles of Perception

    Cognitive Science:

    MIT CogNet
    Playroom
    Psycholoquy
    Cognitive Science Dictionary
    Mind and Life Institute
    The Extended Mind
    CogsciWorld
    Cognitive Ontology
    Compositional Connectionism in Cognitive Science
    Brain and Behavioral Sciences Preprint Archive
    Towards a Cognitive Science of Science
    The Cognitive Technology Society
    Why it is important to build robots capable of doing science

    Preprint Archives:

    Brain and Behavioral Sciences
    Anthropic Principle
    CogPrints
    ArXiv

    Technological Singularity:

    Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    The Law of Accelerating Returns
    Ethical Issues in Advanced AI
    How Long Before Superintelligence?
    Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards
    Transhumanist FAQ: What is Superintelligence?
    Why AGI May Be Near
    AcceleratingFuture.com
    Evolution by Choice
    Who Are Singularity Activists?
    Evolution by Choice weblog
    Who Cares About the Singularity?
    Superintelligence: How Soon?
    The Greatest Leap
    Singularitarian Principles
    Computer Programs, Human Brain, and AIs

    Persons:

    Eliezer Yudkowsky - cognitive engineer
    Mitch Howe
    - Singularitarian thinker
    Ben Goertzel - AGI researcher
    Steve Omohundro - AGI researcher
    Justin Corwin - AGI researcher
    Eugen Leitl - transhumanist, chemist
    Gerard 't Hooft - physicist
    Robert Bradbury - transhumanist thinker
    Bruce J. Klein - immortalist thinker
    Nick Bostrom - professor of philosophy
    Hans Moravec - roboticist, futurist
    Robin Hanson - Bayesian economist
    Gerd Gigerenzer - cognitive psychologist
    Christopher Altman - Singularitarian thinker
    J. Storrs Hall - nanotech thinker
    Mike Treder - trans/nanotech writer
    Chris Phoenix - trans/nanotech writer
    James Hughes - transhumanist activist/writer
    Frank Tipler - transhumanist, physicist
    Peter Voss - AGI researcher
    George Dvorsky - transhumanist, columnist
    Sarah Fitz-Claridge - libertarian, cryonicist
    James Hughes - transhumanist, author
    Ray Kurzweil - Singularity writer, futurist
    David Chalmers - consciousness studies
    Daniel Dennett - cognitive scientist
    David Duetsch - physicist, author
    Kent Van Cleave - philosopher of sci/mind
    Jürgen Schmidhuber - AI researcher
    Marcus Hutter - AI researcher
    Lawrence Barsalou - cognitive scientist
    Valerie Gray Hardcastle - consciousness
    Benjamin Kuipers - AI
    John R. Anderson - professor of psych/CS
    Palden Gyatso - Tibetan, peace activist
    Gregory Smith - 12 yr. old peace activist
    Bill Hibbard - transhumanist, author
    John Smart - Singularity writer
    Bart Kosko - transhumanist, neural nets
    Stephen Reed - AI, Friendliness supporter
    Michael Langan - "reality theorist", prodigy

    AI Projects:

    Friendly AI - self-improving seed AI
    Novamente - bioinformatics, general intel.
    A2I2 - "dog-level" intelligence
    Cycorp - ungrounded knowledge bases
    Nicole - agent approach
    COGENT - general intelligence

    Unified Theories of Cognition:

    SOAR
    Universal Learning Machines
    The New AI

    Transhumanism:

    Kurzweil AI.net - Kurzweil's megasite
    The Low Beyond - Yudkowsky's site
    Shock Level Four
    - a futurist mailing list
    Singularity Watch - systems theory
    Transhumanity Webzine - quite popular
    Betterhumans - bold transhumanism
    Incipient Posthuman - Mike Treder
    The Preparation - also a book

    Technologies:

    Fog Screen
    HelioDisplay

    Molecular Nanotechnology:

    Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
    Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
    Protein Based Assembly of Nanoscale Parts
    Nanoassembly of an Aircraft Carrier
    Sapphire Mansions
    A Solar Powered United States of America
    Nano@Home
    Design considerations for an assembler
    Drexler's "Fine Motion Controller"
    Proposed metabolism for a hydrocarbon assembler
    Self replication and nanotechnology
    Self replicating systems and MNT
    Self replicating systems and low cost manufacturing
    Binding sites for use in a simple assembler
    Adding Positional Control to Chemical Synthesis
    Six Degree Of Freedom Positional Devices
    Hydrogen abstraction tool for nanotechnology
    Molecular Manufacturing and the Private Aircar
    Utility Fog: The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of
    Utility Fog: a Universal Physical Substance
    Design of a Primitive Nanofactory
    Engines of Creation, by Eric Drexler
    Erroneous Predictions Concerning Developments
    Nanosystems, by Eric Drexler
    Nanomedicine I, by Robert Freitas
    Nanomedicine IIA, by Robert Freitas
    Respirocytes: A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell
    Clottocytes: Artificial Mechanical Platelets
    Architectural Considerations for
    Self-replicating Manufacturing Systems

    Machine Phase Fullerene Nanotechnology
    Open Sourcing Nanotechnology R&D
    Limits to Global Ecophagy

    Life Extension:

    Immortality Institute for Infinite Lifespans
    Lifespan Extension Issues
    Methuselah Mouse Prize
    Kev's Place

    Blogs:

    Accelerating Future - me
    CRN blog - Mike Treder
    The Speculist - Phil Bowermaster
    Fight Aging! - Reason
    Brain Waves - Zack Lynch
    Future Positive - Timothy Wilken
    Philosophistry - Phil Dhingra
    Plausible Futures - news

    Organizations:

    Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    Immortality Institute
    Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
    Center for Skeptical Inquiry
    ABC Research Group
    World Transhumanist Association
    Extropy Institute
    Acceleration Studies Foundation
    Jean Nicod Institute
    World Organisation Against Torture
    Amnesty International
    Longevity Meme

    Other Interests:

    Evolutionary Psychology - minds are evolved
    Bayes' rule - probability, rationality, science
    Traditional Psychology is Nonsense
    - it is!
    From Here to Human-Level AI
    3Laws Unsafe - SIAI project
    Veganism - why kill sentient beings?
    Death Rate - how many people are dying?
    Digital Philosophy - reality is discrete
    The Ten Percent Myth - "Status: False." heh.
    Philosophy of Mind - interesting, fuzzy topic
    Planck units - extremely small.
    Third Culture - some interesting articles
    Why Structure Matters - danger in AI design
    Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe
    Anthropic Principle - observer selection effects
    Why We Need Friendly AI - new!
    Simulation Argument - red pill or blue?
    Extropianism - some very thoughtful people.
    Singularitarianism - kind transhuman intelligence
    Singularitarian reading - good books
    Singularitarian commmunity
    Crush Television - stop watching it.
    Very Low Fuel Flying - interesting
    How to Learn Friendly AI - important!
    The Crackpot Index - funny and valid
    Net Utility of the Multiverse - how much?
    Pseudoscience/Protoscience distinction
    Participatory Anthropic Principle - PAP.
    Changesurfer Radio - Dr. J's internet radio show!
    Perceptual Symbol Systems - mental imagery
    MBTI = bunk - no Jungianism, thanks
    Against Politics - focused on different issues
    Emergentism
    - consciousness theorism
    The Case Against Space - thanks Simon!
    Space: Not the Final Frontier - thanks George!
    Mind Mapping - sometimes helpful
    What is "Elitism"? - is it related to "standards"?
    Universal Limits on Computation - cool!
    Doomsday Argument - Carter, Leslie, et al.
    Karl Popper - logical positivism
    World's First Ornithopter - excellent
    Transcension Scenario - Fermi Paradox
    The Human Nature Review - evpsych distilled
    Hedonistic Imperative - eliminating suffering
    Anthropomorphism and Related Phenomena
    Does the Universe Exist if We Aren't Looking?
    The Breeding Motivation - worth avoiding.
    Metaethical Functionalism - esoteric philosophy
    Why Web Journals Suck - sorry, but hey
    Developmental Singularity Paradigm
    Taking Children Seriously - Sarah Fitz-Claridge
    Crockerianism - free flow of criticism
    Research into Ashkenazi neurological quirks