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Keagan Turensky
English 102
Professor Newport
May 8, 2017
Annotated Bibliography
The argumentative research paper that I am writing revolves around the technological
singularity, and the fear around it. I would like to focus less on the actual
technical aspect, and more on the philosophical and mathematical aspects. Even
though people like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking think the singularity is
something to fear, it is not, due to its inevitability, as well as the logical reasoning
Bright, Peter. "Moores law really is dead this time." Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2016,
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/moores-law-really-
By Peter Bright, this is an editorial for Ars Technica by Peter Bright, outlines the various
factors surrounding the death of Moores Law, a long time standing gold standard
for the computer manufacturing industry. By death, the article means the end of
transistors. It goes on to list the specifics, largely in the limits that silicon as a
material
what he writes for Ars Technica. Everything appears unbiased, fact based, and
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well researched. The articles all seem to be computer oriented, giving credence
In this scholarly article, David J Chalmers addresses some of the philosophical issues
that surround the singularity. It uses a lot of logic and reasoning, as opposed to
applied mathematics. Notably, it raises points that are for the singularity,
few lines of thinking that prove the inevitability, namely that evolution produced
the topic. Additionally, the article itself was posted in the Journal of
which gives Chalmers some weight, especially with his writing history. The
singularity, or those who are weary of its approach, but raises multiple points that
argument.
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C.L. Magee, T.C. Devezas, How many singularities are near and how will they disrupt
doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2011.07.013
points in human history in which humanity has reached closer to releasing its role
professor of engineering, are the authors of this article, and considering the
highly technical nature of the singularity, I find their words to be trustworthy. They
describe 4 potential events that may spark the singularity, as well as mindsteps,
both of which help to prove that the singularity is inevitable and unavoidable.
In this scholarly article, Ronald Cole-Turner describes the links between the thoughts
towards the technological singularity and the rapture. It describes present day
Christian thoughts of the future, and how they have many similarities, most
importantly in how they both view some future event, be it the singularity or the
Ronald Cole-Turner holds the H. Parker Sharp Chair in Theology and Ethics at
knowledgeable and reliable in his comparisons of the Christian view of the future
and the singularity, due to the ethical gray area surrounding the singularity. The
intended audience is people who wish to know more about how the singularity is
Anders Sandberg details in this scholarly article the mathematical models of the 9
potential paths of growth the singularity could go. It goes into detail on each of
those 9, and states who believes in those 9. These models range from extremely
Anders Sandberg is a research from Oxford with a Phd in Artificial Neural Network,
considering the singularity is directly in his field of expertise. As far the intended
audience, it's clear the article is geared towards people with an in depth
Sattel, Greg. "3 Reasons To Believe The Singularity Is Near." Editorial. Forbes, 3 June
2016, https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2016/06/03/3-reasons-to-
Published in Forbes Magazine, this article centers around reasons to believe the
singularity is near. It mentions the editing of genes, the job displacement from
robotic automation, and the end of Moores Law. It brings up concepts like 3D
stacking that go beyond Moores Law, and overall describes the possible
Even though it is formatted like clickbait, the article has pertinent information,
overall. Its clearly targeted to people who arent fully aware or educated on the
singularity, which works to its advantage, because the points it brings up arent
explicitly.
concept.
It's a wikipedia article, is there's nothing groundbreaking here. I intend to use it mostly
relevant to my needs is properly cited in the article, and seems to be clear of any
shenanigans.
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Thompson, Zac. "Are You Ready For The Technological Singularity?" Huffington Post,
technological-singularity_us_58efc0ede4b0156697224d5a. Accessed 8
May 2017.
Zac Thompson writes in this article about inevitability of the singularity, and how
Musk and Stephen Hawking, and how they believe that the singularity could be
Although I dont trust Huffington Post for political news, they have a decent track
record for non-political, informative articles such as this. The author seems as
educated on the subject of the singularity as someone can be, without a degree