singularity – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:08:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Large Language Models and the Path to AI Singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/large-language-models-and-the-path-to-ai-singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/large-language-models-and-the-path-to-ai-singularity#respond Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:08:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/large-language-models-and-the-path-to-ai-singularity

LLMs are doubling their task complexity every 7 months. Could this lead to a future where AI surpasses human capabilities, reshaping society?

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Alex M. Vikoulov https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/alex-m-vikoulov https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/alex-m-vikoulov#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:10:24 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/alex-m-vikoulov

Big News! My New Audiobook The Intelligence Supernova is Now Live! 🎧 I’m thrilled to announce the release of the audiobook edition of The Intelligence Supernova: Essays on Cybernetic Transhumanism, the Simulation Singularity & the Syntellect Emergence. This project has been incredibly close to my heart—it dives deep into the unfolding convergence of advanced AI, consciousness, and our collective evolution beyond biology. In this book, I explore the concept of the “Intelligence Supernova”—a coming explosion of synthetic and post-biological intelligence that may soon give rise to a planetary-scale mind, the Syntellect. It’s a philosophical and scientific journey that challenges you to imagine what lies beyond the Technological Singularity: digital immortality, mind-uploading, the emergence of infomorphs, and the architecture of a conscious Universe. This audiobook is for futurists, technophilosophers, and all curious minds ready to glimpse humanity’s metamorphic future. If you’re drawn to ideas like cybernetic immortality, experiential realism, or the Omega Point Cosmology, I think you’ll find this work especially meaningful.

Now available on Amazon: Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Intelligence-Supernova-Audiobook/B0FGZ3JMPM #IntelligenceSupernova #CyberneticTranshumanism #SimulationSingularity #SyntellectEmergence #SyntellectHypothesis #cybernetics #singularity #transhumanism #posthumanism #AGI #superintelligence


Amazon.com: The Intelligence Supernova: Essays on Cybernetic Transhumanism, The Simulation Singularity & The Syntellect Emergence (Audible Audio Edition): Alex M. Vikoulov, Ecstadelic Media Group, Virtual Voice: Books.

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Black-hole solutions in quantum gravity with Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective action https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/black-hole-solutions-in-quantum-gravity-with-vilkovisky-dewitt-effective-action https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/black-hole-solutions-in-quantum-gravity-with-vilkovisky-dewitt-effective-action#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:06:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/black-hole-solutions-in-quantum-gravity-with-vilkovisky-dewitt-effective-action

Physicists propose that calculations of certain aspects of quantum gravity can currently be done even without a full theory of quantum gravity itself. Basically, they work backwards from the fact that quantum gravity on the macro scale must conform to Einstein’s relativity theories. This approach is effective until the small scale of a black hole singularity is close.

(See my Comment below for an article link to POPULAR MECHANICS that discussed the scientific article in an accessible manner.


We study new black-hole solutions in quantum gravity. We use the Vilkovisky-DeWitt unique effective action to obtain quantum gravitational corrections to Einstein’s equations. In full analogy to previous work done for quadratic gravity, we find new black-hole–like solutions. We show that these new solutions exist close to the horizon and in the far-field limit.

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Open House https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/open-house https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/open-house#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:05:06 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/07/open-house

Have you heard about the crazy guys who bought an entire tower to convert it into a vertical village? Yes, that’s us.

Do you want to walk the 16-floor tower and explore the space? Still on the fence, if you should become a citizen? Do you have questions about how you can get involved and co-create? Wanna hear updates on what happened in the last 2 weeks? This event is for you! 👩‍🚀

About us: We are transforming a 16-floor tower in the heart of San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village —a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. 8 themed floors will be dedicated to creating tier-one labs, spanning AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.

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From Mammoth Revival to Human Fertility with Dr. Eriona Hysolli | Singularity University https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/from-mammoth-revival-to-human-fertility-with-dr-eriona-hysolli-singularity-university https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/from-mammoth-revival-to-human-fertility-with-dr-eriona-hysolli-singularity-university#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:07:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/from-mammoth-revival-to-human-fertility-with-dr-eriona-hysolli-singularity-university

Join us for an exclusive 1-hour conversation with Dr. Eriona Hysolli, the visionary scientist bridging de-extinction technology and the future of human reproduction. Recognized by Time100 Next for her groundbreaking work reviving the woolly mammoth, Dr. Hysolli brings a unique perspective to reproductive biotechnology that you won’t find anywhere else.

In this informal Q&A session, we’ll explore how cutting-edge technologies originally developed for species conservation are now revolutionizing human fertility treatments. Dr. Hysolli will share insights on:
The latest breakthroughs in synthetic embryos and artificial wombs.
How in vitro gametogenesis could transform infertility treatment.
Lessons from mammoth de-extinction that apply to human reproductive health.
The intersection of genome engineering and fertility solutions.
Near-term commercial applications in reproductive biotechnology.

Drawing from her pioneering work at Yale, George Church’s lab at Harvard, and as Head of Biological Sciences at Colossal Biosciences, Dr. Hysolli offers a rare glimpse into technologies that could redefine human reproduction within the next decade.

The session will feature a moderated discussion followed by audience Q&A. Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, healthcare professional, or simply fascinated by the future of fertility, this conversation will provide essential insights into one of biotechnology’s most promising frontiers.

Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1Wq6gwm.

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John von Neumann and the Technological Singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/john-von-neumann-and-the-technological-singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/john-von-neumann-and-the-technological-singularity#respond Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:05:50 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/john-von-neumann-and-the-technological-singularity

John von Neumann foresaw the Singularity long before it had a name. Check out how his vision continues to shape AI and our technology.

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Putting Brakes on the Singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/putting-brakes-on-the-singularity https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/putting-brakes-on-the-singularity#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:02:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/putting-brakes-on-the-singularity

The Singularity Series 1

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Elon Musk: Digital Superintelligence, Multiplanetary Life, How to Be Useful https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/elon-musk-digital-superintelligence-multiplanetary-life-how-to-be-useful https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/elon-musk-digital-superintelligence-multiplanetary-life-how-to-be-useful#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:07:02 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/elon-musk-digital-superintelligence-multiplanetary-life-how-to-be-useful

A fireside with Elon Musk at AI Startup School in San Francisco.

Before rockets and robots, Elon Musk was drilling holes through his office floor to borrow internet. In this candid talk, he walks through the early days of Zip2, the Falcon 1 launches that nearly ended SpaceX, and the “miracle” of Tesla surviving 2008.

He shares the thinking that guided him—building from first principles, doing useful things, and the belief that we’re in the middle of an intelligence big bang.

Chapters:

00:00 — Intro.
01:25 — His origin story.
02:00 — Dream to help build the internet.
04:40 — Zip2 and lessons learned.
08:00 — PayPal.
14:30 — Origin of SpaceX
18:30 — Building rockets from first principles.
23:50 — Lessons in leadership.
27:10 — Building up xAI
39:00 — Super intelligence and synthetic data.
39:30 — Multi-planetary future.
43:00 — Nueralink, AI safety and the singularity.

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Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan on His Presidential Campaign https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:47:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign

A Singularity 1on1 video interview with Zoltan Istvan on founding the Transhumanist Party and running for President of the United States.

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Singularity Podcast https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/singularity-podcast https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/singularity-podcast#respond Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:08:08 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/06/singularity-podcast

Welcome to — the world’s first singularity podcast dedicated to exploring AI and the technological singularity.

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