Singularity Summit 2009 Videos

The videos of the Singularity Summit 2009 that was held in New York are up at Vimeo (H/T Michael Anissimov at Accelerating Future)

A selection of embedded videos are below.

Changing the World Panel -- Singularity Summit 2009 -- Peter Thiel, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Aubrey de Grey from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Aubrey de Grey at Singularity Summit 2009 -- The Singularity and the Methuselarity: Similarities and Differences from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Peter Thiel on the relationship between macroeconomics and accelerating technological change

Peter Thiel at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Macroeconomics and Singularity from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Robin Hanson

Robin Hanson at Singularity Summit 2009 -- How Does Society Identify Experts and When Does It Work? from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

How Does Society Identify Experts and When Does It Work? Robin Hanson, associate professor of economics at George Mason University, discusses the social processes that cause some people to be labeled as "experts" and whether or not this selects those who really understand the issues.

Gregory Benford Artificial Biological Selection for Longevity

Gregory Benford at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Artificial Biological Selection for Longevity from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Gregory Benford of Genescient on his company, how it bred "Methuselah flies" with 5 times the normal lifespan of normal fruit flies, and what this could mean for humans.

Brad Templeton and Robotic Cars

Brad Templeton at Singularity Summit 2009 -- The Finger of AI: Automated Electrical Vehicles and Oil Independence from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Brad Templeton at Singularity Summit 2009 -- The Finger of AI: Automated Electrical Vehicles and Oil Independence

AGI Talks

Anders Sandberg at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Technical Roadmap for Whole Brain Emulation from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Itamar Arel at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Technological Convergence Leading to Artificial General Intelligence from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Ben Goertzel at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Pathways to Beneficial Artificial General Intelligence: Virtual Pets, Robot Children, from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

David Chalmers at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Simulation and the Singularity from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.

Stuart Hameroff at Singularity Summit 2009 -- Neural Substrates of Consciousness and the 'Conscious Pilot' Model from Michael Anissimov on Vimeo.