The Technocalypse is "the convergence of technology and the apocalyptic imagination; it is cyberspace, nanotechnology, cryonics, futurism, the eschaton encoded in the now malleable protein chains of DNA, as well as the eventual transcendence of death." [Michael Grosso, PhD (ca. 1995)]

"Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended." [Vernor Vinge (1993)]

The Singularity is coming. Will we wipe ourselves out, will AIs inherit the earth, or will we become our own god-like, potentially immortal successors? Could the imminent collapse of capitalism, the oil based economy, and the old political world order actually be a catalyst for positive change? Come in and discuss...

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