What could a criminal do with a speech synthesis system that could masquerade as a human being? What happens if artificial intelligence technology is used to mine personal information from smartphones Excerpt from:  Will NexGen AI Have Unintended Consequences? -A Galaxy Insight

Maybe Google’s posting of their enigmatic UFO logo this weekend is a not so subtle sign that they know something the rest of us don’t. An ET search query, perhaps? Meanwhile down at the Googleplex, it is the best of times.  Anyone who complains about science not delivering it’s promises simply doesn’t comprehend how incredible this information age truly is: you can go to the mall RIGHT NOW and buy devices which would have reshaped the world ten years ago, are reshaping it [...]

Chris Harwick at wired.com just published a hilarious spoof admissions letter   (posted below) to the new Singularity University founded by Ray Kurzweil (The Singularity Is Near) and Peter Diamandis (X Prize). Go here to read the rest:  Admissions to Singularity U -The World’s Most Difficult?