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{ Yes or No, A technological singularity is a predicted future event which envisions an artificial intelligence, superior to humans, that is the ultimate and apparently only outcome of an ever-increasing ability of new technology to speed up the rate at which new technology is developed. + Yes - No
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{ True or False, Technologies that exist today were once just visions in the minds of their creators, and these same technologies will become obsolete, supplanted by technologies that are today just visions. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Today's cell phone was envisioned by? { no one (i) }
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{ To genuinely be on the cutting edge requires the ability to create new technologies that { surpass (i) } the physical limitations of their predecessors.
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{True or False, Until we have hardware as powerful as a human brain it is probably foolish to think we'll be able to create human equivalent (or greater) intelligence. - TRUE + FALSE
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{I have heard thoughtful comic book writers worry about how to have spectacular effects when everything visible can be produced by the technically? { commonplace (i) }
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{ Yes or No, You are in the middle of an open field of beautifully colored, pleasantly smelling, edible wildflowers. You've just picked one and are now munching on it. You feel you are being watched. You gesture a universal sign of "I won't hurt you, unless you try to hurt me." while turning around. Is AI involved in your situation? + No - Yes
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{ Which of the following is likely to be in a control group for assessing a technological singularity? + hardware that is substantially more powerful than humans' natural equipment + general critics of machine sapience will lose good press - an artificial being who is literally slow + automation replaces higher and higher level jobs - a dominant group that is controlled by AI + work that is truly productive is the domain of a steadily smaller and more elite fraction of humanity.
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{Yes or No, Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended. - Yes + No
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{True or False, We have tools right now (symbolic math programs, cad/cam) that release us from most low-level drudgery. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) A dominant group is almost never humane.