Singularity primer

This is a list of articles that give an excellent introduction to singulatarianism. They are best read in sequence.

"There are several technologies that are often mentioned as heading in this direction. The most commonly mentioned is probably Artificial Intelligence, but there are others: direct brain-computer interfaces, biological augmentation of the brain, genetic engineering, ultra-high-resolution scans of the brain followed by computer emulation. Some of these technologies seem likely to arrive much earlier than the others, but there are nonetheless several independent technologies all heading in the direction of the Singularity - several different technologies which, if they reached a threshold level of sophistication, would enable the creation of smarter-than-human intelligence.

A future that contains smarter-than-human minds is genuinely different in a way that goes beyond the usual visions of a future filled with bigger and better gadgets. Vernor Vinge originally coined the term "Singularity" in observing that, just as our model of physics breaks down when it tries to model the singularity at the center of a black hole, our model of the world breaks down when it tries to model a future that contains entities smarter than human." -Continue reading here

 
http://users.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/beliefs/sysop.html
 
https://intelligence.org/ie-faq/
 
http://www.yudkowsky.net/obsolete/principles.html

http://www.yudkowsky.net/obsolete/singularity.html
 
http://kajsotala.fi/2007/07/why-care-about-artificial-intelligence/
 
http://www.preventingskynet.com/prevent-skynet-we-are-skynet/
 
 
And here is some slightly more advanced stuff.
 
http://www.sentientdevelopments.com/2009/06/ranking-most-powerful-forces-in.html
 
http://www.yudkowsky.net/singularity/power
 
http://kajsotala.fi/2007/10/14-objections-against-aifriendly-aithe-singularity-answered/
 
http://www.preventingskynet.com/thinking-of-ais-as-humans-is-misguided/
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDhdt58ySJA
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-BkGEh806M
 
 
And finally, here are a few articles which talk about singularity fun theory and eudamonics.
  
http://transhumanisme.nl/oud/yudkowsky.html
 
http://www.yudkowsky.net/singularity/fun-theory/
 
http://lesswrong.com/lw/x8/amputation_of_destiny/