A conversation between Ray Kurzweil and David Orban at the World Business Forum in Milan, Italy in October 2007. Covering the investment world in the accelerating change, artificial general intelligence, and more.
A seguito della conferenza con John Nash, Piergiorgio Odifreddi parla con David Orban della divulgazione scientifica, l'utilizzo degli strumenti tecnologici per la comunicazione e il lavoro accademico e la cultura aperta.
Highlights from Ray Kurzweil's speech at the World Business Forum in Milan in October 2007. Talking about AI, 3d printing, and nanotechnology. Quote at the end of the clip: "We will deliver the goals of communism through opensource and nanotechnology".
Conversation with Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity. Vernor Vinge published the original article at a Nasa conference in 1993 that reintroduced and popularized the concept of Technological Singularity. In this conversation he talks about its perimeters, and the issue of what is called hard take-off.
La domanda di Stefano Quintarelli per il futuro Presidente del Consiglio italiano. Verrà costruita una rete a fibra ottica fino alle case degli italiani? Questa sarebbe un importante motore per l'economia e costerebbe all'incirca quanto è costata l'autostrada del Sole inaugurata negli anni '60.
Real 2nd Life - Eximia, and the Laboratory of Eidomatics of the University of Milan connect phisycal reality to the virtual world of Second Life. The platform integrates immersive 3D Virtual Reality with Ultra Wide Band RFID technologies, allowing a viewpoint independent interaction with an affordable hardware setup.
Part 2 of the conversation with Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity. Vernor Vinge published the original article at a Nasa conference in 1993 that reintroduced and popularized the concept of Technological Singularity. In this conversation he talks about its perimeters, and the issue of what is called hard take-off.
The Metasocial Web. Are we ready to run countries on the new societal networks? Ignite presentation at the Web2.0 Expo Berlin by David Orban about what comes after Facebook, and the social networks centered around the individual.
Larry Lessig comments on Barack Obama, and why he believes he will be a great president, and describes the importance of the architecture of participation as a necessary premise to make people part of the political action.
In mirror worlds enriched by sensor data, and aggregated through different time sequences, you can achieve an arbitrary richness of representation. What does this mean to data representation? How will the offerings of virtual worlds evolve to come with zillionics? In this conversation Robert Gehorsam, President of Forterra, and David Orban converse about these and other topics.
Contributo per il 4° Incontro Interdet di Rovigo del 30 Aprile 2008. Come l'utilizzo delle licenze Creative Commons può dare una libertà alla diffusione delle immagini e moltiplicare il loro impatto emotivo
