In the summer of 2000 Stanford University hosted a conference on whether computers will outstrip us [humans] intellectually and spiritually, becoming not only deeply creative but deeply emotive. Major thinkers within the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science, and philosophy gave their analyses of how close we might be to this posibility. Thinkers such as Douglas Hofstadter, author of Goedel Escher Bach, Ray Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines are featured here within a video archive covering nearly five hours of conference time. While the conference may be past it is not out of date and these archives allow users to hear direct from the major minds what relationships humans and machines might have in the future. Sound quality is variable. Requires RealPlayer.
Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity By 2100?
Posted By:
Colin Holden
Posted On:
Tuesday, August 6th, 2002