Links to PowerPoint slides and video of Professor Chalmer's recent lecture available here
On Monday 10 May, 2010, Professor Chalmer's delivered a lecture "The Singularity: a Philosophical Analysis" at an event jointly sponsored by FHI and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics.
Abstract: The technological "singularity", or I.J. Good's "intelligence explosion", is the rapid transition from greater-than-human artificial intelligence to superintelligence. I will set out and analyze the argument for an intelligence explosion, and will consider the forms that such an explosion might take. I will also consider resulting practical and philosophical issues. If a singularity is likely, what are the best strategies for ensuring a good outcome? Will systems in a post-singularity world be conscious? Can we be among them?
Please note, these resources are taken from an earlier presentation of this lecture (2009).
PowerPoint: http://consc.net/papers/singularity.ppt
Video: http://www.vimeo.com/7320820.